- Norihiro Akahoshi
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Norihiro Akahoshi
赤星 憲広retired Outfielder Born: April 10, 1976
Kariya, Aichi, JapanBatted: Left Threw: Right Professional debut March 30, 2001 for the Hanshin Tigers Last professional appearance September 12, 2009 for the Hanshin Tigers NPB statistics Batting average .295 Hits 1276 Home runs 3 RBIs 215 Teams - Aichi Prefectural Obu High School
- Asia University
- East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
- Hanshin Tigers (2001–2009)
Career highlights and awards - 2001 Central League Rookie of the Year
- 2001 - 2005 Central League stolen base champion
- 2003 - 2005 Central League Best Nine Award
- 2001, 2003 - 2006, 2008 Central League Golden Glove Award
Norihiro Akahoshi (赤星 憲広 Akahoshi Norihiro , born April 10, 1976) is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player from Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers.
Akahoshi announced his retirement on December 9, 2009. During the 2009 season, he was first deactivated in early July after sustaining a neck injury. Then, on September 12, his last game, Akahoshi aggravated a spinal disc herniation when he dove headfirst in an attempt to catch a ball. He was diagnosed with spinal damage and has experienced pain in his neck and lower back as well as numbness in his hands and feet since.[1]
References
- ^ "Hanshin's star Akahoshi retires". The Japan Times. December 10, 2009. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20091210j2.html. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
External links
Media related to Norihiro Akahoshi at Wikimedia Commons
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
Awards Preceded by
Tatsuhiko KinjohCentral League Rookie of the Year
2001Succeeded by
Masanori IshikawaCentral League Rookie of the Year Award 1950: Oshima | 1951: Matsuda | 1952: T. Sato | 1953: M. Gondo | 1954: Hirooka | 1955: Nishimura | 1956: Akiyama | 1957: M. Fujita | 1958: Nagashima | 1959: Kuwata | 1960: Horimoto | 1961: H. Gondo | 1962: Jōnouchi | 1963: None | 1964: S. Takahashi | 1965: None | 1966: Horiuchi | 1967: Takegami | 1968: Takada | 1969: Tabuchi | 1970: Yazawa | 1971: Sekimoto | 1972: Yasuda | 1973: None | 1974: Fujinami | 1975: None | 1976: Tao | 1977: Saito | 1978: Sumi | 1979: Fujisawa | 1980: Okada | 1981: Hara | 1982: Tsuda | 1983: Makihara | 1984: Kobayakawa | 1985: Kawabata | 1986: Nagatomi | 1987: Arai | 1988: Tatsunami | 1989: Tomashino | 1990: Yoda | 1991: Morita | 1992: Kuji | 1993: Ito | 1994: Yabu | 1995: Yamauchi | 1996: Nishi | 1997: Sawazaki | 1998: Kawakami | 1999: Uehara | 2000: Kinjoh | 2001: Akahoshi | 2002: Ishikawa | 2003: Kisanuki | 2004: Kawashima | 2005: Aoki | 2006: Soyogi | 2007: Uezono | 2008: Yamaguchi | 2009: Matsumoto | 2010: ChonoCategories:- Living people
- 1976 births
- Baseball people from Aichi Prefecture
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Japanese baseball players
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- People from Kariya
- Japanese baseball biography stubs
- Baseball outfielder stubs
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