Shogo Kimura

Shogo Kimura
Shogo Kimura
	Kimura with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
	Infielder
	Born: April 16, 1980; Jōtō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	March 28, 2003, for the Yokohama BayStars
Last NPB appearance
	June 9, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics ; (through 2017 season)
Batting average	.261
Hits	294
RBIs	71
Home runs	3
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Yokohama BayStars (2003–2007); Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2008–2015); Saitama Seibu Lions (2016–2017);
Height
Cricket career
Personal information
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Role	Batter
International information
National side	Japan (2018-present);
T20I debut (cap 14)	10 October 2022 v Indonesia
Last T20I	01 October 2023 v Hong Kong
	Source: Cricinfo, 1 October 2023

Shogo Kimura (木村昇吾, Kimura Shōgo; born April 16, 1980 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player and cricketer. He plays infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions. He took up cricket with the Japan Cricket Association after going unsigned following his release by the Seibu Lions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In September 2022, he was named in Japan's T20I squad for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier.^[4] Kimura was part of Japan's squad against the Indonesia cricket team that toured Japan in October 2022 to play a three-match Twenty20 International series. He made his T20I debut on 10 October 2022, in the second T20I of the series against Indonesia.^[5]

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