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Hayato Sakamoto

1988 - Today

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Hayato Sakamoto (坂本 勇人, Sakamoto Hayato; born December 14, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). In 2008, Sakamoto became the first player in Giants franchise history to start a season opener while under the age of 20 since Hideki Matsui. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hayato Sakamoto is the 4,508th most popular athlete (down from 4,143rd in 2019), the 3,692nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,805th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 4,508 out of 6,025. Before him are Jeanette Bolden, Sonia O'Sullivan, Johnny Spillane, Carlos Pérez, Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan, and Letsile Tebogo. After him are Glenn Eller, Andreas Ihle, Rafael Quintero, Eva Pinkelnig, Adam Korol, and Taylor Worth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 833. Before him are Anthony Stokes, Ki Bo-bae, Jhené Aiko, Yang Xu, Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan, and Cho Jun-ho. After him are Alex Harvey, Raul Rusescu, Eva Pinkelnig, Jahmir Hyka, Olga Vilukhina, and Dami Im.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 3,699 out of 6,245. Before him are Jun Mizukoshi (1975), Ayumi Morita (1990), Mana Ashida (2004), Misaki Kuno (1993), Asano Nagasato (1989), and Akira Konno (1974). After him are Masayuki Ochiai (1981), Yuta Watanabe (1994), Masahiro Koga (1978), Tomoyasu Ando (1974), Mima Ito (2000), and Asuka Saitō (1998).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 61. Before him are Masashi Ebinuma (1990), Miya Tachibana (1974), Takaharu Furukawa (1984), Tomokazu Harimoto (2003), Seiya Suzuki (1994), and Kyoko Iwasaki (1978). After him are Hiromi Suzuki (1968), George Bennett (null), Fumiko Okuno (1972), Soichi Hashimoto (1991), Shingo Suetsugu (1980), and Ippei Watanabe (null).

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