Hiroki Nakazawa

Hiroki Nakazawa (仲澤 広基)

• Bats Right Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 176 lb.

• School International Budo University
• High School Kofu High School of Tokai University

• Born January 22, 1987 in Kai, Yamanashi Japan

BR register page

Biographical Information

Hiroki Nakazawa had a brief career in Nippon Pro Baseball

Nakazawa represented Japan in the 2006 World University Baseball Championship, 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week (.294/.400/.353) and 2008 World University Baseball Championship (playing one game and not batting). He hit .341 with 5 Best Nine awards in his college career, and his 117 career hits were the second most in Chiba Prefecture University Baseball League history. Nakazawa was drafted by the Yomiuri Giants in the 6th round the 2008 NPB draft, but he spent his first three seasons in the NPB Farm Leagues. The Giants then traded him with Norihito Kaneto to the Rakuten Golden Eagles for Fuminori Yokogawa and Suguru Ino. Nakazawa was 2-for-8 in 2013, but he never reached the big club again before he announced his retirement in 2014.

Sources

• Wiki Japan
• Wayback Archive, 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week
• 2008 World University Championship Final Report