Isao Harimoto

Isao Harimoto (張本 勲, born June 19, 1940 in Hiroshima, Japan), real name is Jang Hun [cite news
url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2007030284618
title=Korean Hitter with Odd Stance Meets Manager Who Had One Too
publisher=donga.com
author=
date=2007-03-02
accessdate=2007-12-16] , is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He was born as a Zainichi Korean in Hiroshima, Japan and survived the release of a nuclear weapon over the city on August 6, 1945cite news
url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/features/hibakusha/archive/news/2006/20061012p2g00m0fe041000c.html
title=Hibakusha: Baseball legend Harimoto remembers the horrors of Hiroshima
publisher=Mainichi Shimbun
author=
date=2006-10-12
accessdate=2007-12-16] . During his career, he played for the Toei Flyers, the Yomiuri Giants, and the Lotte Orionscite news
url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/features/hibakusha/archive/news/2006/20061012p2g00m0fe041000c.html
title=Hibakusha: Baseball legend Harimoto remembers the horrors of Hiroshima
publisher=Mainichi Shimbun
author=
date=2006-10-12
accessdate=2007-12-16] . He had a distinguished career with his 1959 rookie of the year selection and his 1980 receipt of the South Korean Moko (Fierce Tiger) prize for excellence in sportscite news
url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/features/hibakusha/archive/news/2006/20061012p2g00m0fe041000c.html
title=Hibakusha: Baseball legend Harimoto remembers the horrors of Hiroshima
publisher=Mainichi Shimbun
author=
date=2006-10-12
accessdate=2007-12-16] . He holds the Japanese record for 3085 hits in his professional career and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. Currently, he is a baseball analyst, and outspoken member of the Japanese Hibakusha Movement, a project dedicated to outlawing global nuclear weaponry, and gaining compensation for victims of their use.

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