Louis Okoye
| Louis Okoye | |
|---|---|
 Okoye in 2016 | |
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 4 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: July 21, 1997 | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| March 25, 2016, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |
| NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | |
| Batting average | .219 |
| Home runs | 9 |
| Runs batted in | 38 |
| Teams | |
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Louis Okoye (オコエ 瑠偉, Okoe Rui, born July 21, 1997 in Higashimurayama, Tokyo) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
After the 2017 season, he joined Cañeros de Los Mochis.[1]
Okoye's mother is Japanese and his father is Igbo from Nigeria.[2] His younger sister Monica Okoye is a member of the Japan women's national basketball team which won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
References[]
- ^ "CAÑEROS ADQUIEREN AL OF JAPONES LOUIS OKOYE". Sitio Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (in Spanish). November 24, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ Meet Nigerian baseball star who can't speak English, local dialect. Oak TV. January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- NPB stats
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Cañeros de Los Mochis players
- Japanese people of Nigerian descent
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- Japanese baseball players
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- People of Igbo descent
- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players
- Japanese expatriate baseball people in Mexico
- Baseball people from Tokyo
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