Kōtarō Kiyomiya
Kōtarō Kiyomiya | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Kōtarō Kiyomiya with the Fighters in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
infielder | ||||||||||||||||||
Born: (1999-05-25) May 25, 1999 (age 25) Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||
NPB debut | ||||||||||||||||||
May 2, 2018, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | ||||||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | ||||||||||||||||||
Batting average | .216 | |||||||||||||||||
Hits | 302 | |||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 169 | |||||||||||||||||
Stolen bases | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
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Kōtarō Kiyomiya (清宮 幸太郎, born May 25, 1999) is a Japanese baseball player who currently plays for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Pacific League as a First Baseman. A left-handed batter and right-handed thrower, Kotaro stands 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) tall and weighs 225 pounds (102 kg). He was the first pick of the Fighters in the 2017 draft. He is the son of notable Japanese rugby union coach, Katsuyuki Kiyomiya.
Early career
Kiyomiya drew major news attention in the 2012 Little League World Series, where at the age of 13 he employed an 80 mph fastball (major league equivalent of throwing 104 MPH) to lead Team Japan to a 12–2 LLWS championship win over the team from Goodlettsville, Tennessee. He was also noted to have hit 60 home runs in 50 games[1] Kiyomiya then went to Waseda Jitsugyo High School where he set the Japanese high school baseball record for home runs with 111 home runs over three seasons in high school. On August 23, 2017, it was announced that he would serve as captain of Samurai Japan for the 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup.
Professional career
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Seven teams chose Kotaro in the first round of the 2017 NPB draft, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the right to negotiate with Kiyomiya by winning the lottery.[2] Kotaro then chose the jersey number 21.[3]
On February 27, 2019, he was selected for Japan national baseball team at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico,[4] but on March 4, 2019, he canceled his participation due to broken right hamate bone.[5]
References
- ^ Zaldivar, Gabe. "Little League World Series: Japan's Kotaro Kiyomiya Is Biggest Little Star". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Coskrey, Jason (26 October 2017). "Fighters land rights to prized slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya". Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via Japan Times Online.
- ^ "Nippon Ham, Kiyomiya No. 21 "To the batter who represents Japan"". 24 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」日本チーム出場選手変更(辞退)について". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
External links
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 13 Tsubasa Nabatame
- 14 Takayuki Katoh
- 16 Kōta Tatsu
- 17 Hiromi Itoh
- 18 Sachiya Yamasaki
- 19 Taishō Tamai
- 20 Kenta Uehara
- 22 Toshihiro Sugiura
- 24 Shōma Kanemura
- 25 Naoki Miyanishi
- 26 Seigi Tanaka
- 28 Ryūsei Kawano
- 29 Haruki Hosono
- 31 Patrick Murphy
- 32 Yūta Kuroki
- 34 Mizuki Hori
- 40 Suguru Fukuda
- 41 Bryan Rodriguez
- 42 Aneurys Zabala
- 45 Drew VerHagen
- 46 Kyōsuke Kuroyanagi
- 47 Kenya Suzuki
- 48 Yukiya Saitoh
- 51 Naoya Ishikawa
- 52 Takahide Ikeda
- 54 Kanato Anzai
- 55 Keito Matsuura
- 57 Kōki Kitayama
- 59 Haruka Nemoto
- 60 Yōhei Kagiya
- 62 Haruki Miyauchi
- 63 Ryūji Kitaura
- 67 Takumi Yamamoto
- 93 Eito Tanaka
- 94 Ren Fukushima
- 95 Taisei Yanagawa
- 2 Ariel Martínez
- 10 Yūshi Shimizu
- 23 Torai Fushimi
- 27 Yūdai Furukawa
- 30 Yūya Gunji
- 33 Yūya Shintō
- 64 Yua Tamiya
- 98 Yūki Umebayashi
- 3 Gōsuke Katoh
- 4 Daigo Kamikawabata
- 5 Yūki Nomura
- 9 Takuya Nakashima
- 21 Kōtarō Kiyomiya
- 35 Kōki Fukuda
- 38 Kazunari Ishii
- 39 Naoki Arizono
- 43 Tatsuki Mizuno
- 44 Uta Sakaguchi
- 49 Akihiro Wakabayashi
- 56 Ryōhei Hosokawa
- 58 Taiki Narama
- 65 Ryōsuke Myōse
- 6 Andrew Stevenson
- 7 Gō Matsumoto
- 8 Daiki Asama
- 36 Kazuki Miyazaki
- 37 Taiga Egoshi
- 50 Ryōta Isobata
- 53 Shun Mizutani
- 61 Yūma Imagawa
- 66 Chūsei Mannami
- 68 Hinode Hoshino
- 99 Franmil Reyes
- 113 Yamato Katō (P)
- 114 Ryōdai Matsumoto (P)
- 115 Shinji Saitoh (P)
- 126 Terukazu Nakayama (P)
- 128 Kōdai Yamamoto (P)
- 137 Ren Kakigi (P)
- 168 Kōki Matsuoka (P)
- 196 Sun Yi-Lei (P)
- 111 Taiki Hamada (IF)
- 112 Daiju Hirata (OF)
- 124 Kazuhiro Abe (OF)
- 125 Taisei Fujita (OF)
- 127 Ataru Yamaguchi (OF)
coaching
- Manager: 1 Tsuyoshi Shinjō
- Head coach: 77 Takaya Hayashi
- Pitching coaches: 81 Yoshinori Tateyama, 82 Takeharu Katō, 73 Hisashi Takeda
- Batting coach: 89 Hiroshi Yagi
- Battery coach: 72 Katsuhiko Yamada
- Infield defense/base running coach: 85 Ryōta Yachi
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 80 Hichori Morimoto
- Data analysis/Base running coach: 79 Takenori Daita
coaching
- Manager: 90 Atsunori Inaba
- General pitching coach: 78 Masaji Shimizu
- Pitching coaches: 84 Takeshi Itoh, 91 Chihiro Kaneko, 83 Hiroshi Urano
- Batting coaches: 87 Tomoaki Satoh, 75 Tomoyuki Oda
- Infield defense/base running coach: 74 Manabu Iwadate
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Toshimasa Konta
- Catcher instructor: Kiyoshi Yamanaka