Hotaka Yamakawa
| Hotaka Yamakawa | |||||||||||||||
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 Yamakawa with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 25 | |||||||||||||||
| First Baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born:November 23, 1991 Naha, Okinawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats:Right Throws:Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 21, 2014, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through May 8, 2024) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .255 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 227 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 610 | ||||||||||||||
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Hotaka Yamakawa(Sơn xuyên tuệ cao,Yamakawa Hotaka,born November 23, 1991),is aJapanesebaseballinfielderfor theFukuoka SoftBank HawksofNippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He has previously played in NPB for theSaitama Seibu Lions.Yamakawa led thePacific Leagueinhome runsin2018,2019,and2022.
Career
[edit]He was selected for the Pacific League all star team for the2018 NPB All-Star game.[1]On October 10, 2018, he was selected by theJapan national baseball teamto play for them at the2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[2]He was also selected by Samurai Japan to play for them during the2023 World Baseball Classic,winning gold with them.
Sexual assault allegations
[edit]On May 11, 2023, it was reported from Bunshun Online that theTokyo Metropolitan Police Departmentwas investigating Yamakawa for sexually assaulting a female acquaintance at a hotel in Tokyo in November 2022.[3]Bunshun Online reported that said female acquaintance had suffered bleeding injuries from the vagina and other parts of the body, and that the police had received a damage report on suspicion of indecent assault and rape. Yamakawa, however, stated that all was consensual and he had relations with the woman.[3]In response to this, on May 12, the Lions removed Yamakawa from their active roster indefinite.[4]On 29, it was announced that Yamakawa would not face charges as a result of the allegations.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン đầu phiếu kết quả".NPB.jp Nhật Bản dã cầu cơ cấu(in Japanese). June 26, 2018.RetrievedJune 25,2018.
- ^"“2018 ngày mễ dã cầu” に lên sân khấu する hầu ジャパントップチーム tuyển thủ toàn 28 danh が quyết định ".Dã cầu Nhật Bản đại biểu hầu ジャパン オフィシャルサイト(in Japanese). October 10, 2018.RetrievedOctober 14,2018.
- ^ab""WBC hầu ジャパン" tây võ ・ sơn xuyên tuệ cao ( 31 ) が "Cưỡng chế わいせつ trí thương dung nghi" で sự tình thính lấy “Bị hại nữ tính は nửa người dưới から xuất huyết するけがも. 処 phạt cảm tình は cường い” ".Archivedfrom the original on 2023-05-12.
- ^"Lions remove Hotaka Yamakawa from active roster after sexual assault allegations".The Japan Times.2023-05-12.Retrieved2023-05-21.
- ^"Japan baseball star Hotaka Yamakawa not to face charges over alleged rape".english.kyodonews.net.RetrievedSeptember 12,2023.
External links
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- Career statistics and player information fromBaseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp
- NPB.jp
- 25 Hotaka Yamakawa- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Baseball people from Okinawa Prefecture
- Japanese baseball players
- Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players
- Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners
- 2023 World Baseball Classic players
- World Baseball Classic players of Japan
- Japanese baseball infielder stubs