Kenta Imamiya

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Kenta Imamiya

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 2
Infielder
Born: (1991-07-15) July 15, 1991
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: April 12, 2011 for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.000
Home runs	0
RBI	0
Teams
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2010–present)

Kenta Imamiya (今宮健太, Imamiya Kenta, born July 15, 1991 in Beppu, Ōita) is a Japanese professional baseball second baseman for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Imamiya attended Meiho High School, pitcher-shortstop, hitting 62 home runs and throwing as hard as 154kph (96mph). The Softbank Hawks drafted him in the first round in 2009. He made his debut with the big club on April 12, 2011, as a defensive sub at 1B. For the year, he played 18 games (11 at first base, 7 not appearing in the field) but only had one at-bat (he was retired). He had two steals and three runs, indicating he pinch-ran at times.

After the 2011 NPB season, Imamiya played in the Australian Baseball League for the Brisbane Bandits, and was named to the 2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/brisbane-bandits-well-represented-in-abl-all-star-game/story-e6frep5o-1226217329241

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

v t e Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

First squad	1 Seiichi Uchikawa 2 Kenta Imamiya 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka 4 Keisuke Kaneko 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda 6 Yuki Yoshimura 8 Shinya Tsuruoka 10 Lee Dae-Ho 11 Kenichi Nakata 12 Hiroaki Takaya 17 Brian Wolfe 18 Nagisa Arakaki 19 Masahiko Morifuku 20 Hayato Terahara 21 Sho Iwasaki 23 Ryuma Kidokoro 24 Yuya Hasegawa 25 Shingo Tatsumi 27 Toru Hosokawa 28 Kenji Otonari 30 Shota Takeda 31 Shuhei Fukuda 34 Hiroki Yamada 36 Kenji Akashi 37 Hideki Okajima 41 Kodai Senga 43 Tomoaki Egawa 44 Yuki Yanagita 46 Yuichi Honda 47 Kazuyuki Hoashi 50 Tadashi Settsu 53 Ryota Igarashi 54 Akihiro Yanase 55 Jason Standridge 58 Dennis Sarfate 60 Akira Nakamura 61 Mu-Young Kim 95 Bárbaro Cañizares

Second squad	00 Shintaro Ejiri 0 Tomoki Takata 13 Akira Niho 14 Ren Kajiya 16 Nao Higashihama 22 Ayatsugu Yamashita 26 Hiroyuki Kawahara 29 Shota Oba 32 Masayoshi Tsukada 33 Shoji Yoshimoto 38 Yuito Mori 39 Hirofumi Yamanaka 45 Lee Tu-Hsuan 48 Ken Okamoto 49 Yusuke Itoh 51 Seiji Uebayashi 56 Daichi Hoshino 57 Shinya Kayama 59 Paul Oseguera 62 Takuya Kai 63 Taiga Kasahara 64 Yusuke Masago 65 Naoki Shirane 67 Edison Barrios 68 Kentaro Inomoto 69 Taisei Makihara 120 Masato Sakata (Trainee) 121 Keisuke Yasuda (Trainee) 122 Go Kamamoto (Trainee) 123 Takaki Minami (Trainee) 124 Kyohei Kamezawa (Trainee) 125 Takeshi Hosoyamada (Trainee) 126 Daiki Nakahara (Trainee) 127 Daichiro Itoh (Trainee) 128 Takeshi Yagi (Trainee) 129 Yusuke Ohtaki (Trainee) 130 Koki Kanno (Trainee) 131 Yuya Iida (Trainee) 132 Hayao Miyazaki (Trainee) 133 Shunya Suzuki (Trainee) 134 Shota Miura (Trainee) 135 Takashi Shimizu (Trainee) 136 Shinya Arasaki (Trainee) 137 Akihiro Sasanuma (Trainee) 138 Shita Ishikawa(Trainee) 139 Shinsuke Tobo(Trainee) 140 Kaisei Sone(Trainee) 141 Masahiro Harimoto(Trainee) 142 Rin Matsutomi(Trainee)

First squad Coaching	Manager: 81 Koji Akiyama Head coach: 74 Hiroshi Ogawa Pitching coaches: 72 Shinichi Katoh, 83 Kuo Tai-yuan Hitting coaches: 71 Yasuo Fujii, 76 Hiroshi Fujimoto Baserunning coaches: 77 Seiji Tomashino, 88 Yusuke Torigoe Battery coach: 86 Fujio Tamura Conditioning coaches: 01 Takashi Kawamura, 06 Atsushi Toriida

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 82 Shigeru Ishiwata Pitching coaches: 91 Takanori Yamauchi, 70 Shuji Yoshida, 73 Manabu Saito Hitting coach: 75 Noriyoshi Omichi Baserunning coaches: 87 Tatsuya Ide Fielding coach: 79 Homare Inamine Battery coach: 85 Tetsuya Matoyama Conditioning coaches: 02 Shuichi Yamakawa

Third squad Coaching	Manager: 80 Yoshio Mizukami Pitching coach: 94 Shinji Kurano Hitting coach: 99 Motoyasu Wakai Baserunning coaches: 93 Arihito Muramatsu Battery coach: 84 Masaumi Shimizu Assistant conditioning coach: 08 Motozumi Kitsunai

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Persondata
Name	Imamiya, Kenta
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	July 15, 1991
Place of birth	Beppu, Ōita, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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