Shogo Kimura

Shogo Kimura (木村 昇吾, Kimura Shōgo, born April 16, 1980 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player and a cricketer. He plays infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions. He took up cricket with the Japan Cricket Association after going unsigned following his release by the Seibu Lions.[1][2][3]

Shogo Kimura
Kimura with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Infielder
Born: (1980-04-16) April 16, 1980
Jōtō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
March 28, 2003, for the Yokohama BayStars
Last NPB appearance
June 9, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics
(through 2017 season)
Batting average.261
Hits294
RBIs71
Home runs3
Teams
Personal information
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingLeft-handed
RoleBatter
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 14)10 October 2022 v Indonesia
Last T20I01 October 2023 v Hong Kong
Source: Cricinfo, 01 October 2023

In September 2022, he was named in Japan's T20I squad for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier and their series against Indonesia.[4] He made his T20I debut on 10 October 2022, against Indonesia.[5]

References
  1. FOCUS: Historic conversion part of bigger picture for baseball, cricket FOCUS: Historic conversion part of bigger picture for baseball, cricket
  2. Former NPB infielder Shogo Kimura joins national cricket team
  3. "After 30 years of baseball, Shogo Kimura is set to make his debut for Japan ... in cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. "National team named for ICC World Cup Qualifier – East Asia". Japan Cricket Association. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. "2nd T20I, Sano, October 10, 2022, Indonesia tour of Japan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2022.


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