Hikaru Kawase

Hikaru Kawase (川瀬 晃, Hikaru Kawase, born September 15, 1997 in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture) is a Japanese Professional baseball Infielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Hikaru Kawase
Kawase with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 00
Infielder
Born: (1997-09-15) September 15, 1997
Ōita, Ōita, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
May 23, 2018, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.188
Home runs0
RBI13
Hits39
Stolen base4
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Early baseball career

Kawase participated in the 1st grade summer 95th Japanese High School Baseball Championship with Shunsuke Kasaya and Masato Morishita at the Ōita Prefectural Ōita Commercial High School.[1] He had a rivalry with Morishita, who competed for pitcher and shortstop positions in high school.[2]

Professional career

On October 22, 2015, Kawase was drafted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.

On January 5, 2016, He underwent surgery for a broken left hand.[3]

In 2016-2017 season, he played in the Western League of NPB's minor leagues and played in informal matches against Shikoku Island League Plus's teams.

On May 23, 2018, Kawase debuted as a shortstop against the Saitama Seibu Lions.[4] On the 24th of the following day, he recorded his first hit.[5] And he was selected as the Japan Series roster in the 2018 Japan Series.[6]

In the 2019 season, Kawase finished the regular season in 29 games with a batting average of .176.

In 2020 season, Kawase finished the regular season in 70 games with a batting average of .191, a RBI of 6 runs and a stolen base of 2. Kawase was selected as the Japan Series roster in the 2020 Japan Series. And he recorded his first hit in the Japan Series.[7]

References

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