Ikumi Kai
Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
| Ikumi Kai 生海 | |
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| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 37 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: (2000-07-11) July 11, 2000 (age 23) Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| July 22, 2023, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
| Batting average | .200 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| RBI | 0 |
| Hits | 4 |
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Ikumi Kai (甲斐 生海, Kai Ikumi, born July 11, 2000) also known as Ikumi (生海) is a Japanese professional baseball Outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Early baseball career
Ikumi went on to Tohoku Fukushi University, and in the fall league game of his fourth year, he recorded 3 home runs and 16 RBIs, winning the double title for home runs and RBIs, and won the Best Nine Award as first basemen.[1]
Professional career
On October 20, 2022, Ikumi was drafted by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the third round in the 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[2]
On July 22, 2023, Ikumi made his First League debut in the Pacific League against the Chiba Lotte Marines, and recorded his first hit.[3]
In 2023 season, he appeared in 13 games in the Pacific League.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news「ホームラン貯金」でグラブ買ってくれた祖父、憧れの父らの相次ぐ死…絶望で野球離れた甲斐生海は鷹のドラ3指名を受けた【2023 BIGFACEのNEWFACE】". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Sports Hochi baseball news 【ソフトバンク】ドラフト３位の東北福祉大・甲斐生海、登録名は「生海」目標はホームラン王". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). November 25, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Sports Nippon baseball news ソフトBドラ3・生海 初出場初スタメン初安打 「凄いうれしかった」記念球は「お母さんにあげます」". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). July 22, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp
- 37 Ikumi PLAYERS2024 - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster
- 1 Kyuta Kazama
- 2 Carter Stewart Jr.
- 11 Yuki Tsumori
- 14 Katsuki Matayoshi
- 16 Nao Higashihama
- 17 Kohei Arihara
- 18 Shota Takeda
- 21 Tsuyoshi Wada
- 26 Ryosuke Ohtsu
- 27 Shunsuke Iwai
- 29 Shuta Ishikawa
- 34 Kenichi Murata
- 35 Liván Moinelo
- 38 Ryotaro Sawayanagi
- 39 Shuto Ogata
- 40 Kazuki Sugiyama
- 41 Yugo Maeda
- 47 Tomohisa Ohzeki
- 48 Kouya Fujii
- 49 Haru Matsumoto
- 50 Yugo Bandoh
- 53 Ryo Ohyama
- 54 Roberto Osuna
- 56 Fumimaru Taura
- 58 Taisei Kimura
- 59 Takehiro Hasegawa
- 60 Kazuo Ohno
- 63 Darwinzon Hernández
- 66 Yuki Matsumoto
- 67 Shunsuke Kasaya
- 68 Hikaru Kimura
- 70 Sota Tanoue
- 12 Hiroki Minei
- 19 Takuya Kai
- 22 Kota Makihara
- 45 Kenta Tanigawara
- 62 Takashi Umino
- 64 Kengo Yoshida
- 65 Yutaro Fujita
- 79 Riku Watanabe
- 0 Hikaru Kawase
- 6 Kenta Imamiya
- 8 Taisei Makihara
- 13 Masaki Mimori
- 23 Ukyo Shuto
- 24 Ryoya Kurihara
- 25 Hotaka Yamakawa
- 33 Ryuta Hirose
- 36 Ikhine Itua
- 43 Tomoya Inoue
- 46 Jumpei Kawarada
- 52 Richard
- 55 Daiju Nomura
- 69 Keisuke Nakata
- 99 Isami Nomura
- 3 Kensuke Kondoh
- 7 Akira Nakamura
- 9 Yuki Yanagita
- 28 Adam Brett Walker
- 31 Tomoya Masaki
- 32 Tatsuru Yanagimachi
- 37 Ikumi
- 44 Yoshiyasu Sasagawa
- 57 Riku Ogata
- 61 Yuto Kawamura
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