SUZUKI Seiya

World Baseball Classic

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Baseball	2017

Premier 12

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2019

Watching movies. (sanspo.com, 2019)

Athlete

Wife Airi Hatakeyama

Japanese

Hiroshima Toyo Carp [Japan] since 2013

Shinji Sasaoka [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

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

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

His wife Airi Hatakeyama competed in rhythmic gymnastics at international level and retired from the sport in 2016. She represented Japan in the team event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Afterwards she became a sports reporter on Japanese television. (fnn.jp, 23 Sep 2018; sponichi.co.jp, 08 Dec 2019; nikkansports.com, 22 Aug 2016)

2016 for Japan (web.usabaseball.com, 01 Jan 2017)

NPB [JPN] (npb.jp, 26 May 2021)

He took up baseball in grade two of primary school with the Arakawa Little Junior team in Tokyo, Japan. (sanspo.com, 13 May 2019; )

He had played with a plastic bat and rubber ball since he was age one, coached by his father. (sponichi.co.jp, 24 Jun 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hochi.news,16 Jan 2021)

He received Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] Golden Glove Awards in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020. (japantimes.co.jp, 31 Oct 2019; baseball.sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp, 26 Jan 2019; nikkansports.com, 18 Dec 2020)

In 2019 he was named the Premier 12 tournament's Most Valuable Player for his performances with Japan. (japantimes.co.jp, 20 Dec 2019; premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

He received an NPB Central League Best Nine Award in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. (baseball.sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp, 26 Jan 2019; sponichi.co.jp, 08 Dec 2019; nikkansports.com, 16 Dec 2020)