Sōsuke Genda

Sōsuke Genda (源田 壮亮, Genda Sōsuke, born February 16, 1993) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Sōsuke Genda
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 6
Infielder
Born: (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993
Ōita, Ōita, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
March 31, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.273
Home runs10
Hits591
Runs batted in176
Stolen bases119
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Baseball Classic
Gold medal – first place 2023 Miami Team
WBSC Premier12
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo Team

Career

He got Pacific League Rookie of the Year in 2017, he was named as Best Nine and got Golden Glove Award in 2018.

He was selected for the 2018 NPB All-Star Game.[1]

International career

Genda represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[2]

On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[3]

Personal

In October 2019, Genda married former Nogizaka46 member Misa Etō, whom he met when she interviewed him for a professional sports news program.[4] He welcomed his first child, a son, on January 29, 2022.[5]

References
  1. "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン投票結果". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  2. "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  3. "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  4. "衛藤美彩「彼の活躍が私の幸せ」西武源田と結婚". Nikkan Sports. October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  5. "【コメント全文】第1子出産の衛藤美彩「一番苦しかったのがオリンピックの時」 夫への感謝も". ENCOUNT (in Japanese). 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
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