Isao Harimoto

Isao Harimoto

Isao Harimoto (張本 勲, born June 19, 1940 in Hiroshima, Japan), real name is Jang Hun [cite news
url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2007030284618
title=Korean Hitter with Odd Stance Meets Manager Who Had One Too
publisher=donga.com
author=
date=2007-03-02
accessdate=2007-12-16
] , is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He was born as a Zainichi Korean in Hiroshima, Japan and survived the release of a nuclear weapon over the city on August 6, 1945cite news
url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/features/hibakusha/archive/news/2006/20061012p2g00m0fe041000c.html
title=Hibakusha: Baseball legend Harimoto remembers the horrors of Hiroshima
publisher=Mainichi Shimbun
author=
date=2006-10-12
accessdate=2007-12-16
] . During his career, he played for the Toei Flyers, the Yomiuri Giants, and the Lotte Orionscite news
url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/features/hibakusha/archive/news/2006/20061012p2g00m0fe041000c.html
title=Hibakusha: Baseball legend Harimoto remembers the horrors of Hiroshima
publisher=Mainichi Shimbun
author=
date=2006-10-12
accessdate=2007-12-16
] . He had a distinguished career with his 1959 rookie of the year selection and his 1980 receipt of the South Korean Moko (Fierce Tiger) prize for excellence in sportscite news
url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/features/hibakusha/archive/news/2006/20061012p2g00m0fe041000c.html
title=Hibakusha: Baseball legend Harimoto remembers the horrors of Hiroshima
publisher=Mainichi Shimbun
author=
date=2006-10-12
accessdate=2007-12-16
] . He holds the Japanese record for 3085 hits in his professional career and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. Currently, he is a baseball analyst, and outspoken member of the Japanese Hibakusha Movement, a project dedicated to outlawing global nuclear weaponry, and gaining compensation for victims of their use.

References

External links

*japanesebaseball|id=2122


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Isao — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Isao imagesize= caption= Isao Takahata, an anime director pronunciation= í sá ó gender = Male meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. region = Japanese origin = Japanese related …   Wikipedia

  • Nippon Professional Baseball — NPB redirects here. For other uses, see NPB (disambiguation). Nippon Professional Baseball Current season or competition: 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season …   Wikipedia

  • Meikyukai — The Meikyukai (日本プロ野球名球会, Nippon Puro Yakyū Meikyūkai?, The Golden Players Club) is one of the two Japanese baseball halls of fame (the other is Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame; Yakyu Dendo 野球殿堂). The Meikyukai is a company ltd. for public benefit …   Wikipedia

  • Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters — Die Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters (jap. 北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon Hamu Faitāzu) sind eine japanische Baseball Profimannschaft. Sie spielen in der Pacific League. Ihre Heimat ist seit 2004 Sapporo in Hokkaidō, Heimstadion ist der Sapporo Dome …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters — Die Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters (jap. 北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon Hamu Faitāzu) sind eine japanische Baseball Profimannschaft. Sie spielen in der Pacific League. Ihre Heimat ist seit 2004 Sapporo in Hokkaidō, Heimstadion ist der Sapporo Dome …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nippon Ham Fighters — Die Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters (jap. 北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon Hamu Faitāzu) sind eine japanische Baseball Profimannschaft. Sie spielen in der Pacific League. Ihre Heimat ist seit 2004 Sapporo in Hokkaidō, Heimstadion ist der Sapporo Dome …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tōei Flyers — Die Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters (jap. 北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon Hamu Faitāzu) sind eine japanische Baseball Profimannschaft. Sie spielen in der Pacific League. Ihre Heimat ist seit 2004 Sapporo in Hokkaidō, Heimstadion ist der Sapporo Dome …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tōkyū Flyers — Die Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters (jap. 北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon Hamu Faitāzu) sind eine japanische Baseball Profimannschaft. Sie spielen in der Pacific League. Ihre Heimat ist seit 2004 Sapporo in Hokkaidō, Heimstadion ist der Sapporo Dome …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hiromitsu Ochiai — 落合 博満 Retirement No. 66 Manager Born: D …   Wikipedia

  • Sadaharu Oh — in the 2006 World Baseball Classic First baseman Born: May 20, 1940 (1940 05 20) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”