Norihiro Akahoshi

Norihiro Akahoshi 赤星 憲広
retired
Outfielder
Born: April 10, 1976 (1976-04-10) (age 35) Kariya, Aichi, Japan
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
Professional debut
March 30, 2001 for the Hanshin Tigers
Last professional appearance
September 12, 2009 for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
Batting average	.295
Hits	1276
Home runs	3
RBIs	215
Teams
Aichi Prefectural Obu High School Asia University East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Hanshin Tigers (2001–2009)
Career highlights and awards
2001 Central League Rookie of the Year 2001 - 2005 Central League stolen base champion 2003 - 2005 Central League Best Nine Award 2001, 2003 - 2006, 2008 Central League Golden Glove Award

Norihiro Akahoshi (赤星 憲広, Akahoshi Norihiro^?, born April 10, 1976) is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player from Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers.

Akahoshi announced his retirement on December 9, 2009. During the 2009 season, he was first deactivated in early July after sustaining a neck injury. Then, on September 12, his last game, Akahoshi aggravated a spinal disc herniation when he dove headfirst in an attempt to catch a ball. He was diagnosed with spinal damage and has experienced pain in his neck and lower back as well as numbness in his hands and feet since.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Hanshin's star Akahoshi retires". The Japan Times. December 10, 2009. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20091210j2.html. Retrieved December 9, 2009. 

External links

Media related to Norihiro Akahoshi at Wikimedia Commons

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

Awards
Preceded by Tatsuhiko Kinjoh	Central League Rookie of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Masanori Ishikawa

Persondata
Name	Akahoshi, Norihiro
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 10, 1976
Place of birth	Kariya, Aichi, Japan
Date of death
Place of death