to Shintaro Fujinami and Norihiro Akahoshi), and the quickest infielder to do so (beating Takashi Toritani with 6 years). He was also chosen as the team captain for the 2021 season. External links Nippon Professional Baseball Stats References 1994 births Living people Hanshin Tigers players Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen Nippon Professional Baseball second basemen Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen Baseball people from Ibaraki Prefecture