It was the first sayonara home run in an All Star game since 1986 (Sadaaki Yoshimura of the Giants hit one in Game Three) and first by a Pacific League batter since 1974 (Yasuhiro Takai of the Hankyu Braves hit one in Game One). (H/T NPB Reddit).
Here's a 2018 Epoch One card (#175/NF-025) commemorating Kiyomiya's first ever home run on May 9th of that year:
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