Ryoji Aikawa

Ryoji Aikawa
Ryoji Aikawa
	Aikawa with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Yomiuri Giants – No. 79
	Catcher / Coach
	Born: July 11, 1976 (age 45); Chiba, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	August 21, 1999, for the Yokohama BayStars
Last NPB appearance
	October 3, 2017, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics ; (through 2017)
Batting average	.260
Home runs	69
Hits	1150
Teams
	As player Yokohama BayStars (1999–2008); Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2009–2014); Yomiuri Giants (2015–2017); As coach Yomiuri Giants (2019–);
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Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
Olympic Games
World Baseball Classic

Ryoji Aikawa (相川亮二, Aikawa Ryōji, born July 11, 1976 in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan) is a former professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Yomiuri Giants. ^[1]

Aikawa was a member of the Japanese national baseball team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2013 World Baseball Classic. He also won the Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Aikawa is a Christian. Aikawa has spoken about his faith saying, "There are always hurdles and obstacles to overcome in daily life, but knowing God is there helps me get through difficult times. I wish more Japanese people would find Jesus Christ as I have, and I am thankful I have been able to play professional baseball for such a long time."^[2]

His younger brother, Juri, is an actor and model.^[3]

References[]

^ "Ryoji Aikawa". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
^ "Still on the Diamond". 6 April 2015.
^ "JURI Profile" (PDF). Gig Management Japan. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

External links[]

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

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[1] "Ryoji Aikawa". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 2019-07-13.

[2] "Still on the Diamond". 6 April 2015.

[3] "JURI Profile" (PDF). Gig Management Japan. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

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show v t Yomiuri Giants current roster
Pitchers	11 12 Rubby De La Rosa 15 Ángel Sánchez 17 Kan Ohtake 18 Tomoyuki Sugano 19 20 Shosei Togo 21 Shoichi Inoh 23 Ryoma Nogami 26 Nobutaka Imamura 30 Yohei Kagiya 33 35 Toshiki Sakurai 41 Kota Nakagawa 42 C.C.Mercedes 45 Seishu Hatake 47 Yuki Takahashi 49 Thyago Vieira 50 Chiaki Tone 53 Yuhei Takanashi 54 56 57 Kyosuke Takagi 58 59 62 63 Yuri Furukawa 64 90 91 92 95 99 Shun Yamaguchi
Catchers	22 Seiji Kobayashi 24 Takumi Ohshiro 38 67 69
Infielders	00 0 5 Hiroyuki Nakajima 6 Hayato Sakamoto 10 Sho Nakata 25 Kazuma Okamoto 29 Naoki Yoshikawa 32 Taishi Hirooka 37 40 48 Zelous Wheeler 52 60 61 65 66 68 93 98
Outfielders	2 Dai-Kang Yang 8 Yoshihiro Maru 9 Yoshiyuki Kamei 13 Takayuki Kajitani 28 Scott Heineman 31 36 Shingo Ishikawa 39 Soichiro Tateoka 43 Shinnosuke Shigenobu 51 97
Development pitchers	002 Daniel Missaki 003 011 012 017 018 019 029 030 032 040 046 051
Development catchers	006 024 027
Development infielders	001 007 021 025
Development outfielders	008 013 055 099
First squad coaching	Manager: 83 Tatsunori Hara Head Coach: 77 Daisuke Motoki Chief position player coach: 90 Koji Goto Operation coach: 87 Sadaaki Yoshimura Position player coaches: 89 Takuro Ishii, 75 Shuichi Murata Chief pitching coach: 81 Kazutomo Miyamoto Pitching coaches: 73 Masumi Kuwata, 85 Toshiya Sugiuchi Battery coach: 79 Ryoji Aikawa Bullpen coach: 74 Yoshinori Murata Training coaches:
Second squad coaching	Manager: 80 Shinnosuke Abe Head Coach: 78 Kim Ki-tai Position player coaches: 86 Shigeyuki Furuki, 84 Tetsuya Matsumoto Pitching coach: 71 Tetsuya Yamaguchi Battery coach: 82 Kazunari Sanematsu Bullpen coach: 72 Training coaches:
Third squad coaching	Manager: 76 Tomohiro Nioka Position player coaches: 102 Yasuyuki Kataoka, 103 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh Pitching coaches:　101 Koichi Misawa, 104 Takahiro Aoki Battery coach: 105 Ken Katoh Training coaches:
Organisational coaching	Patrol hitting coach: 100 Patrol pitching coach: 106 Yushi Aida