is a professional Japanese

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player and a

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. He plays

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for the

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. He took up

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with the

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after going unsigned following his release by the Seibu Lions. In September 2022, he was named in Japan's T20I squad for the

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and their series against Indonesia. He made his T20I debut on 10 October 2022, against

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References

External links

NPB.com
* 1980 births Living people Baseball people from Osaka Japanese baseball players Japanese cricketers Japan Twenty20 International cricketers Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Yokohama BayStars players Hiroshima Toyo Carp players Saitama Seibu Lions players {{Japan-baseball-infielder-stub