Koji Aoyama (青山浩二, born August 12, 1983) is a Japanese former

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Mod ...

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. He has played in his entire career with the

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

(NPB) for the

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles The , often shortened as the , are a baseball team based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It has played in Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League since the team's formation in November 2004. The team is owned by the Internet shopping c ...

Career

selected Aoyama with the third selection in the . On March 25, 2006, Aoyama made his NPB debut. On November 21, 2020, Aoyama announced his retirement.

References

External links

NPB.com
1983 births Living people Baseball people from Hokkaido Japanese baseball players People from Hakodate Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub