Norihiro Akahoshi

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Norihiro Akahoshi 赤星憲広

retired
Outfielder
Born: (1976-04-10) April 10, 1976 Kariya, Aichi, Japan
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
Professional debut
March 30, 2001 for the Hanshin Tigers
Last professional appearance
September 12, 2009 for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
Batting average	.295
Hits	1276
Home runs	3
RBIs	215
Teams
Aichi Prefectural Obu High School Asia University East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Hanshin Tigers (2001–2009)
Career highlights and awards
2001 Central League Rookie of the Year 2001 - 2005 Central League stolen base champion 2003 - 2005 Central League Best Nine Award 2001, 2003 - 2006, 2008 Central League Golden Glove Award

Norihiro Akahoshi (赤星憲広 Akahoshi Norihiro, born April 10, 1976) is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player from Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers.

Akahoshi announced his retirement on December 9, 2009. During the 2009 season, he was first deactivated in early July after sustaining a neck injury. Then, on September 12, his last game, Akahoshi aggravated a spinal disc herniation when he dove headfirst in an attempt to catch a ball. He was diagnosed with spinal damage and has experienced pain in his neck and lower back as well as numbness in his hands and feet since.^[1]

References

↑ "Hanshin's star Akahoshi retires". The Japan Times. December 10, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.

External links

Media related to Norihiro Akahoshi at Wikimedia Commons

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

Central League Rookie of the Year Award

1950: Oshima
1951: Matsuda
1952: T. Sato
1953: M. Gondo
1954: Hirooka
1955: Nishimura
1956: Akiyama
1957: M. Fujita
1958: Nagashima
1959: Kuwata
1960: Horimoto
1961: H. Gondo
1962: Jōnouchi
1963: None
1964: S. Takahashi
1965: None
1966: Horiuchi
1967: Takegami
1968: Takada
1969: Tabuchi
1970: Yazawa
1971: Sekimoto
1972: Yasuda
1973: None
1974: Fujinami
1975: None
1976: Tao
1977: Saito
1978: Sumi
1979: Fujisawa
1980: Okada
1981: Hara
1982: Tsuda
1983: Makihara
1984: Kobayakawa
1985: Kawabata
1986: Nagatomi
1987: Arai
1988: Tatsunami
1989: Tomashino
1990: Yoda
1991: Morita
1992: Kuji
1993: Ito
1994: Yabu
1995: Yamauchi
1996: Nishi
1997: Sawazaki
1998: Kawakami
1999: Uehara
2000: Kinjoh
2001: Akahoshi
2002: Ishikawa
2003: Kisanuki
2004: Kawashima
2005: Aoki
2006: Soyogi
2007: Uezono
2008: Yamaguchi
2009: Matsumoto
2010: Chōno
2011: Sawamura
2012: Nomura
2013: Ogawa

Persondata
Name	Akahoshi, Norihiro
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	April 10, 1976
Place of birth	Kariya, Aichi, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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