SAKAMOTO Hayato

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 14 Dec 1988

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.86/6'1''

Place of birth: ITAMI

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Baseball JPN Japan	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group A #1 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group A #5 JPN Japan 7 MEX Mexico 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 2 #10 USA United States 6 JPN Japan 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #13 KOR Republic of Korea 2 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Gold Medal Game #16 USA United States 0 JPN Japan 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Baseball Classic

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Baseball	2017
3	Baseball	2013

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2019
3	Baseball	2015

Listening to music. (sanspo.com, 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Yomiuri Giants [Tokyo, JPN] since 2007

Tatsunori Hara [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Position style:

Infield (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

Bats right, throws right (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

2012 for Japan Against Chinese Taipei, in Tokyo, Japan (wbsc.org, 14 Mar 2012; web.usabaseball.com, 01 Jan 2017)

National league:

NPB [JPN] (japantimes.co.jp, 31 Oct 2019)

He began the sport in grade one of primary school. (attax.co.jp, 13 May 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (news-postseven.com, 14 May 2021; shimotsuke.co.jp, 05 Jan 2020)

He was named the Central League's Most Valuable Player by Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] for the 2019 season. (japantimes.co.jp, 05 Jan 2020; giants.jp, 24 Jan 2020)

He received a Central League Best Nine Award in 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2019. (giants.jp, 24 Jan 2020)

He received a Golden Glove Award from NPB for shortstop in 2016, 2017 and 2019. (japantimes.co.jp, 31 Oct 2019; giants.jp, 24 Jan 2020)

In 2016 he was presented with the Central League Batting Champion Award. (npb.jp, 2019; giants.jp, 24 Jan 2020; nikkansports.com, 2019)

General Interest

General
2000 HIT CLUB
In November 2020 he made his 2000th NPB hit in a game against Tokyo Yakult Swallows. At age 31 years and 10 months, he became the second youngest player to reach the 2000-hit mark. His compatriot, Kihachi Enomoto, achieved the feat at age 31 years and seven months. (japantimes.co.jp, 05 Jan 2020; news-postseven.com, 14 May 2021; jiji.com, 08 Nov 2020)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Sakamoto-Hayato%E7%B2%89%E7%B5%B2%E5%8A%A0%E6%B2%B9%E5%9C%98-307497149982241/

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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