Hotaka Yamakawa

Hotaka Yamakawa
Hotaka Yamakawa
	Yamakawa with the Saitama Seibu Lions
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 3
	First Baseman
	Born: November 23, 1991 (age 29); Naha, Okinawa, Japan
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
	June 21, 2014, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.258
Home runs	153
RBI	414
Teams
	Saitama Seibu Lions (2014–present);
Career highlights and awards
	Pacific League MVP (2018); 3× NPB All-Star (2018, 2019, 2021); 2× Pacific League Home Run Leader (2018, 2019); 2× Pacific League Best Nine Award (2018, 2019);

Hotaka Yamakawa (山川穂高, Yamakawa Hotaka, born November 23, 1991　in Naha, Okinawa, Japan), nicknamed " [ja]",^[1] is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Yamakawa lead the Pacific League in home runs in 2018 and 2019.

He was selected [jp].^[2] On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.^[3]

References[]

^ "西武ドラ２山川のニックネーム「アグー」に決定". 東スポWeb (in Japanese). January 9, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
^ "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.
^ "「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.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
NPB.com
NPB.jp

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[1] "西武ドラ２山川のニックネーム「アグー」に決定". 東スポWeb (in Japanese). January 9, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2019.

[2] "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.

[3] "「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.

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show v t Saitama Seibu Lions current roster
Pitchers	11 Tatsuya Imai 12 13 Kona Takahashi 14 Tatsushi Masuda 15 Tetsu Miyagawa 16 Daisuke Matsuzaka 17 Wataru Matsumoto 20 21 Ken Togame 23 Katsuhiko Kumon 25 Katsunori Hirai 26 Takeru Sasaki 27 Tetsuya Utsumi 28 Ryōsuke Moriwaki 29 Ryuya Ogawa 30 Daiki Enokida 33 Reed Garrett 34 36 40 41 43 Mitsuo Yoshikawa 44 Kaito Yoza 45 Keisuke Honda 47 48 Shota Takekuma 50 54 Zach Neal 57 59 61 Kaima Taira 64 67 69 98 Matt Dermody
Catchers	2 Masatoshi Okada 10 Tomoya Mori 37 38 62 78
Infielders	3 Hotaka Yamakawa 4 Kakeru Yamanobe 5 Shuta Tonosaki 6 Sosuke Genda 8 22 Cory Spangenberg 31 32 39 49 52 56 60 Takeya Nakamura 63
Outfielders	1 Takumi Kuriyama 7 Yuji Kaneko 35 46 51 53 58 Masato Kumashiro 65 66 68 72 73
Development pitchers	118 Shinsaburō Tawata 120 121 124 125 126
Development catchers	127
Development infielders	122
Development outfielders	123
First squad coaching	Manager: 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji Operation, defense and base running coach: 83 Toshifumi Baba Pitching coaches: 74 Fumiya Nishiguchi, 81 Kiyoshi Toyoda Batting coaches: 76 Masahiro Abe, 86 Shogo Akada Infield defense and baserunning coach: 87 Satoshi Kuroda Outfield and baserunning coach: 79 Tatsuya Ozeki Battery coach: 82 Kosuke Noda
Second squad coaching	Manager: 77 Kazuo Matsui Farm general pitching coach: 92 Eiji Kiyokawa Pitching coaches: 90 Kento Sugiyama, 95 Tatsuya Oishi Batting coaches: 88 Tatsuyuki Uemoto, 91 Hisashi Takayama Position player, outfield defense and baserunning coach: 70 Tomoaki Satoh Infield and baserunning coach: 79 Yuji Onizaki Battery coach: 84 Kosaku Akimoto
Third squad coaching	General coach: 71 Norio Tanabe Pitching coach: 93 Hayato Aoki Position player coach: 80 Shigenobu Shima

Hotaka Yamakawa
Yamakawa with the Saitama Seibu Lions
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 3
First Baseman
Born: (1991-11-23) November 23, 1991 (age 29) Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
June 21, 2014, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.258
Home runs	153
RBI	414

Teams
Saitama Seibu Lions (2014–present)
Career highlights and awards
Pacific League MVP (2018) 3× NPB All-Star (2018, 2019, 2021) 2× Pacific League Home Run Leader (2018, 2019) 2× Pacific League Best Nine Award (2018, 2019)