Hideki Nagaoka

Hideki Nagaoka (長岡 秀樹)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 163 lb.

• High School Yachiyo Shoin High School

• Born September 26, 2001 in Funabashi, Chiba Japan

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Biographical Information

Hideki Nagaoka has played in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Nagaoka was drafted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the 5th round of the 2019 NPB draft. He debuted on October 23, 2020, and collected his first career hit off Nobutaka Imamura on October 30. Nagaoka spent his first two career years in the NPB Farm Leagues, only played 6 and 5 games respectively. In 2022, Nagaoka took the regular shortstop spot with a hot spring training. He batted .241/.273/.337, and won the NPB Gold Glove Award as a shortstop. He also played in the 2022 NPB All-Star Games, and he was retired by Liván Moinelo in Game 1. He then started in Game 2, and he hit a double against Keisuke Honda. Nagaoka was third in voting for the 2022 Central League Rookie of the Year Award and even got two third-place votes for the 2022 CL MVP. He hit .154/.185/.154 in the 2022 Japan Series as Yakult failed to repeat, losing to the Orix Buffaloes.

The Chiba native was selected into the 2023 NPB All-Star Game, and he was 0-for-3 in 2 games. Nagaoka ended up hitting .227/.281/.294, and he finished last among the 27 qualified CL batters. He still had a solid .986 fielding percentage, and he won his second straight Gold Glove. Nagaoka bounced back soon, and he crushed 6 homers with a .288/.324/.367 batting line. Nagaoka won his third Gold Glove, and he attended the 2024 NPB All-Star Game. He went 0-for-2 in Game 1, and he was named the CL's starting shortstop in Game 2. Nagaoka hit a single against Masaru Fujii in his first at-bat, and he added a single versus Ryosuke Ohtsu in the 4th inning. Shota Suzuki then retired him, and he got his third hit of the game - a triple against Tatsuya Imai in the 8th inning. He led the league with 163 hits, and he tied Naoki Yoshikawa for 8th in doubles with 25. However, Nagaoka tore his right PCL in 2025, so he only played 67 games with a .243/.267/.316 batting line.