Sho Nakata

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sho Nakata
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 22, 1989(1989-04-22)
Age	35
Birthplace	Naka-ku
Country	Japan
Birth City	Shizuoka Prefecture
Horoscope	Aries

Sho Nakata Biography

Sho Nakata is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on April 22, 1989 in Naka-ku, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Professional baseball player, known for his work for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters team as an outfielder and a first baseman. 2013 was the year he was a player in Japan’s Japanese National Baseball Team in the WBC series.

He played with He played alongside Shohei Ohtani as a member of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. as an official of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Nakata was a highly hyped prospect out of high school, hitting a total of 87 home runs, a Japanese record. On November 3, 2006, during a prefectural tournament game, the 17-year-old cracked a 550′ homer out of the park then over a couple houses before landing across the street. That shattered the old record for the park, 425′ by future NPB regular Osamu Hamanaka. The Minnesota Twins, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners all expressed interest, with Seattle offering $2.5 million. Nakata turned all of them down to play in Nippon Pro Baseball.

As a high school student, he played as a pitcher for Osaka Toin High School and his fastball was clocked at 94 mph. In 2006, he took part in Japan’s National High School Baseball Championship, but he was defeated by his opponent Yuki Saito in his second game.

He was raised and born within Hiroshima, Japan.

Sho Nakata Net Worth

Sho Nakata is one of the richest Baseball Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sho Nakata 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he was in high school the pitcher played at Osaka Toin High School. He was a participant during the National High School Baseball Championship in 2006 and earned more attention for his performance. Following graduation He was selected with the first round by Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

The award was given to him as the best player in his 2016 Pacific League Climax Series.

Sho Nakata (中田 翔 , Nakata Shō, born April 22, 1989, in Hiroshima) , nicknamed “Sho Time”, is a Japanese professional baseball player playing for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He plays outfield and first base.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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As a regular in 2011, Nakata hit .237/.283/.408 with 32 doubles, 18 home runs and 91 RBI. In a low-offense season, he ranked among the Pacific League leaders in many departments. He was third in RBI (behind Takeya Nakamura and Hiroyuki Nakajima), second in doubles (to Kazuo Matsui), tied for third in homers (with Aarom Baldiris, trailing Nakamura by 30 and Nobuhiro Matsuda by 7), tied for 5th in total bases (215, even with Mitsutaka Gotoh), second in sacrifice flies (8, behind Nakajima), third in strikeouts (133, one behind co- leaders Chung-Shou Yang and Nakamura), tied for 6th in double play grounders (12, even with Baldiris) and 9th in slugging (between Goto and Atsunori Inaba).

Facts & Trivia

Sho Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Sho Nakata celebrates birthday on April 22 of every year.

Nakata was named the most valuable player of the 2016 Pacific League Climax Series.