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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 12 different languages on Wikipedia. Hayato Sakamoto is the 4,969th most popular athlete (down from 4,099th in 2024), the 3,886th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,804th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 4,969 out of 6,025. Before him are Johnny Spillane, Carlos Pérez, Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan, Liv Kjersti Bergman, Déborah Anthonioz, and Letsile Tebogo. After him are Glenn Eller, Andreas Ihle, Yuliya Pakhalina, Julio Rey, Rafael Quintero, and Alexandr Zubkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 875. Before him are Ki Bo-bae, Nikita Yefremov, Jhené Aiko, Yang Xu, Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan, and Cho Jun-ho. After him are Alex Harvey, Raul Rusescu, Eva Pinkelnig, Marina Salas, Jahmir Hyka, and Olga Vilukhina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 3,893 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), Ai Shinozaki (1992), Masahiro Koga (1978), Tomoyasu Ando (1974), and Mima Ito (2000).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Hayato Sakamoto ranks 62. 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), Takahiro Sunada (1973), Fumiko Okuno (1972), Akiyo Noguchi (1989), and Yuki Yokosawa (1980).

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