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  1. english.kyodonews.net › news › 2024/05/7e949529ac15Baseball: Murakami eclipses Kiyohara as youngest with 200 NPB ...

    May 15, 2024 · Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami hit his 200th home run in Nippon Professional Baseball on Wednesday, setting a new record as the youngest player to reach the milestone at the age of 24 years and three months, surpassing the previous benchmark set by former Seibu Lions star Kazuhiro Kiyohara. Belting an eighth-inning solo shot over ...

  2. mainichi.jp › english › articlesBaseball: Munetaka Murakami eclipses Kazuhiro Kiyohara as ...

    May 15, 2024 · His 200th arrived seven months faster than Kiyohara's record from 1992. Murakami, to be posted to Major League Baseball after the 2025 season, slugged 56 homers in 2022 to set a record for a ...

  3. japanball.com › npb-newsletter › top-stars-shineMunetaka Murakami Sets Home Run Record; Roki Sasaki Impresses ...

    May 20, 2024 · Wednesday: Swallows’ third baseman Munetaka Murakami became the youngest player ever to reach 200 career home runs. At age 24 and 3 months, he set a new standard that had held for over thirty years, as he eclipsed Kazuhiro Kiyohara’s record of 24 years, 10 months, set back in 1992.

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  5. thereportonsports.com › munetaka-murakami-breaksMunetaka Murakami Breaks Record as Youngest Player to Hit 200 ...

    May 15, 2024 · Yakult Swallows ‘ slugger Munetaka Murakami made history on Wednesday in NPB, becoming the youngest player to reach the milestone of 200 home runs at the age of 24 years and three months. His achievement surpassed the previous benchmark set by former Seibu Lions star Kazuhiro Kiyohara.

  6. japan-forward.com › japan-sports-notebook-munetaka[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Munetaka Murakami Achieves a Big ...

    May 19, 2024 · Murakami reached that milestone faster than any player in NPB history. He rewrote the previous record set by former Seibu Lions standout Kazuhiro Kiyohara (24 years and 10 months) in 1992.

  7. www.wbsc.org › index › enOlympic gold medallist Munetaka Murakami becomes youngest ...

    May 16, 2024 · Murakami, 24 years and 103 days, became the youngest player to reach the 200-home-run milestone in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He surpassed the record set by Kazuhiro Kiyohara of the Seibu Lions, who was 25 when he hit his 200th in 1992. Born in 2000, Murakami holds the single-season home run record (56) for a Japanese-born player.

  8. en.friday.news › article › 27016Even his father, Kazuhiro, sits stolidly in the stands and ...

    5 days ago · It was Shogo Kiyohara (21, senior), the fourth baseman for Keio University, who hit the winning run in a game against Rikkyo University on May 4. His father, Kazuhiro Kiyohara (56), a legend who has hit 525 homers in his professional career, was sitting stolidly in the stands and gazing enthusiastically at him.

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