Koji Ohshiro

Koji Ohshiro (大城 滉二)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 158 lbs.

• School Rikkyo University
• High School Konan High School

• Born June 14, 1993 in Tomigusuku, Okinawa Japan

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Biographical Information

Koji Ohshiro played in Nippon Pro Baseball for 10 years.

Ohshiro hit .307 with 36 steals in his college career, and his 112 career hits were the most by a Rikkyo alumnus. He was drafted by the Orix Buffaloes in the 3rd round of the 2015 NPB draft; the scout was Daisuke Hayakawa. Ohshiro hit .224/.246/.261 in 64 games in 2016, mainly backing up Eiichi Koyano at 3B. He took the starting shortstop spot from Ryoichi Adachi in 2017. He played 122 games with a .246/.285/.299 batting line that season while fielding .974, and he hit .231/.289/.310 with 15 steals in 2018 while fielding .980 at SS and .944 at 3B. Ohshiro then recorded a .262/.329/.364 batting line in 2019, and he slumped to .207/.274/.231 in 94 games.

The Okinawa native missed most of the 2021 season due to knee injury, and he only played 49 games with a .180/.242/.230 batting line. Ohshiro then hit .244/.333/.356 in 57 games in 2022 (backing up Ryoichi Adachi at 2B as Kotaro Kurebayashi had taken over at SS), and he went 9-for-46 in 2023. He scored a run in the 2023 Nippon Series, and the Buffaloes lost to the Hanshin Tigers in 7 games. He mainly stayed in the minors in 2024 (and didn't see much playing time there either), and he was 4-for-13 with the big club.

Sources

• Wiki Japan