Daiki Yoshikawa

Daiki Yoshikawa
Daiki Yoshikawa
	Yoshikawa with the Chunichi Dragons
Yomiuri Giants – No. 105
	Infielder/Coach
	Born: August 21, 1992 (age 31); Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
	Batted: Both Threw: Right
NPB debut
	September 13, 2012, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last NPB appearance
	October 24, 2020, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.180
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	6
Teams
	As player Chunichi Dragons (2011–2014); Yomiuri Giants (2015–2020); As coach Yomiuri Giants (2024-present);

Daiki Yoshikawa (吉川よしかわ大だい幾いく, Yoshikawa Daiki, born August 21, 1992) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder who is currently a scorer of Yomiuri Giants for Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in NPB for the Chunichi Dragons and Giants.

Career[edit]

Chunichi Dragons selected Yoshikawa with the second selection in the 2010 NPB draft.^[1]

On September 13, 2012, Yoshikawa made his NPB debut.

On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.^[2]

On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.^[3] On December 25, 2020, he announced his retirement and become a scorer of Giants.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "中日ちゅうにちドラゴンズ選択せんたく選手せんしゅ一覧いちらん". NPB.jp 日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ "8日にちの「2018日米にちべい野球やきゅう」参加さんかメンバー決きまる". 読売よみうり巨人きょじん軍ぐん公式こうしきWEBサイト (in Japanese). November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^ "2020年度ねんど自由じゆう契約けいやく選手せんしゅ". NPB.jp 日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ "【巨人きょじん】吉川よしかわ大だい幾いく球団きゅうだん公式こうしきツイッターで現役げんえき引退いんたいを発表はっぴょう「来らいシーズンは球団きゅうだん職員しょくいんとしてチームを支ささえていきたい」". スポーツ報知ほうち (in Japanese). December 2, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

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[1] "中日ちゅうにちドラゴンズ選択せんたく選手せんしゅ一覧いちらん". NPB.jp 日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.

[2] "8日にちの「2018日米にちべい野球やきゅう」参加さんかメンバー決きまる". 読売よみうり巨人きょじん軍ぐん公式こうしきWEBサイト (in Japanese). November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

[3] "2020年度ねんど自由じゆう契約けいやく選手せんしゅ". NPB.jp 日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.

[4] "【巨人きょじん】吉川よしかわ大だい幾いく球団きゅうだん公式こうしきツイッターで現役げんえき引退いんたいを発表はっぴょう「来らいシーズンは球団きゅうだん職員しょくいんとしてチームを支ささえていきたい」". スポーツ報知ほうち (in Japanese). December 2, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

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v t e Yomiuri Giants current roster
Pitchers	15 Taisei 17 Yūhi Nishidate 18 Tomoyuki Sugano 19 Iori Yamasaki 20 Shosei Togo 26 Nobutaka Imamura 28 Rei Takahashi 29 Foster Griffin 30 Taisuke Kondō 31 Yuji Akahoshi 32 Kohei Suzuki 33 Kyle Keller 36 Kōsuke Baba 41 Kota Nakagawa 45 Seishu Hatake 46 Teppei Mataki 47 Shunya Morita 48 Chiharu Tanaka 49 Alberto Baldonado 53 Yuhei Takanashi 54 Daisuke Naoe 56 Hayato Ishita 57 Yuki Takahashi 58 Hiromasa Funabasama 62 Kai Yokogawa 63 Keisuke Izumi 64 Ryusei Ohe 65 Yohander Méndez 66 Ryuta Heinai 68 Yamato Shiroki 90 Ryūsei Yamada 91 Kenshin Hotta 93 Hayate Matsui 96 Taiki Kikuchi 97 Haruto Inoue 99 Makoto Kyōmoto
Catchers	22 Seiji Kobayashi 24 Takumi Ohshiro 27 Yukinori Kishida 37 Takuya Koori 67 Shinnosuke Yamase 94 Ryusuke Kita
Infielders	00 Dai Yuasa 0 Daiki Masuda 2 Naoki Yoshikawa 5 Makoto Kadowaki 6 Hayato Sakamoto 25 Kazuma Okamoto 35 Yūta Izuguchi 40 Raito Nakayama 55 Yūto Akihiro 60 Hirokazu Kikuta 61 Riku Masuda 95 Ayumu Nakata 98 Estamy Urena
Outfielders	7 Hisayoshi Chōno 8 Yoshihiro Maru 12 Masaya Hagio 13 Takayuki Kajitani 23 Soichiro Tateoka 38 Yūki Okada 42 Elier Hernández 43 Shinnosuke Shigenobu 44 Shunsuke Sasaki 50 Louis Okoye 51 Shōgo Asano 59 Gakuto Wakabayashi
Development pitchers	011 Naoki Kasashima 012 Katsunari Miura 015 Haruto Kawasaki 016 Takahiro Chiba 017 Riku Naraki 018 Motoya Kinoshita 019 Junki Sonoda 020 Natsuki Toda 021 Kenta Onuma 023 Tomoki Tamura 026 Yūsefu Yoshimura 028 Ryū Tomida 030 Yūsuke Yamasaki 034 Tessei Morimoto 035 Elvis Luciano 041 Huang Chin-hao 047 Eiji Kamouchi 056 Yūsuke Itō 063 Yūki Hanada
Development catchers	006 Hayato Sakamoto 010 Ryōya Ōtsu 022 Keita Kameda 024 Kenki Maeda 069 Tetsu Hagiwara
Development infielders	001 Ren Katoh 004 Gen Murayama 005 Yūya Tanoue 007 Kisara Utsunomiya 008 Hakuto Aizawa 025 Hiroto Okamoto 027 Rio Kitamura
Development outfielders	003 Yamato Suzuki 013 Julian Tima 009 Misaki Sasahara 031 Rui Mitsuka 033 Kota Hirayama 044 Gen Ohshiro 051 Hidetora Funakoshi
First squad coaching	Manager: 83 Shinnosuke Abe Head / Hitting Coach: 76 Tomohiro Nioka Comprehensive coach: 74 Yoshinori Murata Hitting coach: 80 Kenji Yano Infield coach: 78 Masahiro Kawai Outfield / Baserunning coach: 79 Yoshiyuki Kamei Pitching coaches: 81 Toshiya Sugiuchi, 77 Tetsuya Utsumi Bullpen coach: 88 Kazunari Sanematsu
Second squad coaching	Manager: 72 Masumi Kuwata General coach: 75 Tsuyoshi Ando Hitting coach: 87 Itaru Hashimoto Pitching coaches: 71 Tetsuya Yamaguchi, 72 Kan Otake Infield coach: 86 Ryota Wakiya Outfield / Baserunning coach: 82 Takahiro Suzuki Battery coach: 89 Ken Katoh
Third squad coaching	Manager: 70 Norihiro Komada Hitting coach: 101 Shigeyuki Furuki Pitching coaches: 100 Koichi Misawa, 104 Ryoma Nogami Infield coach: 105 Daiki Yoshikawa Outfield / Baserunning coach: 103 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh Battery coach: 102 Tomoya Ichikawa
Organizational coaching	Patrol pitching coach: 84 Yasuo Kubo Hitting coordinator: 86 Zelous Wheeler
Developing	Development: 108 Park Sok-min