is a Japanese professional

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player for the

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(NPB). On February 27, 2019, he was selected for

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at the 2019 exhibition games against

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. He uses Dragostea Din Tei by Moldovan pop group O-Zone as his walk-up song, because "Numa Numa" in the lyrics sounds like "Noma Noma" to Japanese people.

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External links

NPB.com
1993 births Living people Hiroshima Toyo Carp players Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Baseball people from Hyōgo Prefecture Chubu Gakuin University alumni People from Miki, Hyōgo {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub