// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Yuto Akihiro? A guy with a Hiro-ing personality.
| Yuto Akihiro | |
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 Akihiro with the Yomiuri Giants | |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 52 | |
| Outfielder / First baseman | |
| Born: September 17, 2002 Funabashi City, Chiba, Japan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| September 29, 2021, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
| NPB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Batting average | .272 |
| Home runs | 10 |
| Runs batted in | 42 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Yuto Akihiro (秋広 優人, Akihiro Yuto; born September 17, 2002) is a Japanese professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Yomiuri Giants.
He stands at 200cm tall, tying him as the tallest player in Japanese baseball history, alongside Kenyu Abe and Shohei "Giant" Baba, both of which are former Giants players.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Akihiro began his Nippon Professional Baseball career with the Yomiuri Giants in 2021, and played with the team through the 2025 season.
On 12 May 2025, Akihiro and Ryusei Ohe were traded to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in exchange for Richard Sunagawa.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "秋広 優人（読売ジャイアンツ） | 個人年度別成績". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ "日本人歴代最長身2メートル投手が2人も誕生！ ジャイアント馬場に並ぶ". Full-Count（フルカウント） ― 野球ニュース・速報・コラム ― (in Japanese). 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ "x.com".
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Adelaide Giants players
- Baseball people from Chiba Prefecture
- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players
- Japanese expatriate baseball players in Australia
- Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- Sportspeople from Funabashi
- Yomiuri Giants players
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen