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Ichiro Suzuki

Also known as Ichirō, Ichiro, Ichirō Suzuki, Suzuki Ichiro

Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player

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Ichiro Suzuki is a legendary Japanese baseball player who became one of the most successful hitters in the sport's history. He matters because he was a dominant force in Japanese baseball before joining Major League Baseball, where he continued to achieve remarkable success and became an iconic figure bridging Japanese and American baseball.

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Film & TV

Toyoyama, Aichi, Japan

Known for

See Her Be Her — Self2024
Baseball: The Tenth Inning — Self2010
MLB: Baseball's Seasons — Self (archive footage)2009
Studio 42 with Bob Costas — Self2009
Furuhata Ninzaburo — Ichiro Suzuki1994

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Sports profile

Sport: Baseball
Position: Outfielder
Nationality: Japan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Suzuki
Gender: male
Citizenship: Japan
Place of birth: Toyoyama
Occupation: baseball player
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Japanese
Award: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Sport: baseball
Position played: outfielder
League: Major League Baseball
Mass: 71
Image: Ichiro Suzuki on May 11, 2011.jpg
Height: 180
Number of children: 0

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Commons category: Ichiro Suzuki
date of birth: 1973-10-22
birth name: 鈴木一朗
member of: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
name in native language: イチロー
different from: Ichiro Suzuki
ethnic group: Japanese people
writing language: Japanese
hashtag: 스즈키이치로
nickname: Ichi
competition won: World Baseball Classic

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Encyclopedic overview

Ichiro Suzuki (/ˈiːtʃɪroʊ/; Japanese: 鈴木一朗, romanized: Suzuki Ichirō; IPA: [sɨzɨkʲi it͡ɕiɾo̞ː]; born October 22, 1973), also known mononymously as Ichiro (イチロー, Ichirō), is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the next 12 years with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Suzuki then played two and a half seasons with the New York Yankees and three with the Miami Marlins before returning to the Mariners for his final two seasons. He won two World Baseball Classic titles with the Japan national team. One of the greatest contact hitters, leadoff hitters, and defensive outfielders in baseball history, he is also considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

In his combined playing time in the NPB and MLB, Suzuki received 17 consecutive selections as an All-Star and Gold Glove winner, won nine league batting titles, and was named his league's most valuable player (MVP) four times. In NPB, he won seven consecutive batting titles and three consecutive Pacific League MVP Awards. In 2001, Suzuki became the first Japanese-born position player to be posted and signed to an MLB club. He led the American League (AL) in batting average and stolen bases en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP.

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