Takahiro Arai

Quick Facts

Full Name	Takahiro Arai
Occupation	Japanese Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 30, 1977(1977-01-30)
Age	47
Birthplace	Naka-ku
Country	Japan
Birth City	Shizuoka Prefecture
Horoscope	Capricorn

Takahiro Arai Biography

Takahiro Arai is one of the most popular and richest Japanese baseball player who was born on January 30, 1977 in Naka-ku, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Takahiro Arai (Japanese: Xin Jing Gui Hao , born on January 30 1977 at Naka-ku, Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional baseball player with Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japanese league of Nippon Professional Baseball.

The year 2003 was a rough one for Takahiro. Takahiro dropped down to .236/.299/402 having 19 hits and league-leading 16 times he was ground into double plays, and hitting out more than 120 times in his primary position as a 1B. The time he played was reduced in 2004 but he rebounded to .263/.340/.424. Prior to the 2005 season the player spent three nights and four days in an Buddhist temple to improve to focus. He also re-evaluated his swing, and he improved dramatically and putting up an .305/.353/.603 line that included 43 homers, 91 runs and the 94th RBI and 326 bases total. He moved to third most of the time in the middle of the season, swapping places along with Kenjiro Nomura. The Japanese player was third in the Central League in slugging (behind Kanemoto) and was the leader of the league in errors and home runs (23). He scored home runs in six consecutive games, and tied the club record of Rick Lancellotti. He was named to his 2nd All-Star team as well as was the team’s initial Best Nine (at first instead of third as Makoto Imaoka was chosen at first). The brother of Ryota was picked that off-season.

Arai moved to the Hanshin Tigers as a free agent for the 2008 season and spent 7 years with club. At the end of the 2014 season, following a lackluster year that would see a decrease in his 2015 salary, Arai informed the Hanshin management of his intention to exercise his free agent rights, signaling the end of his time with the club.

Arai became head of the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association in 2008, replacing Shinya Miyamoto.

With more playing time, in 2000, the player swung .245/.318/.505 and hit 16 homers over just 208 AB. In 2001 the year 2000, he hit .284/.363/.495 which included 18 hits in just 313 AB. In his first regular lineup at the age of 25, he divided his time between third base and first base in 2002. He hit .287/.342/.514 and hit 28 homers. He was just one homer shy of Tomoaki Kanemoto for the team lead , and was named to the All-Star squad for his debut. He also was the league’s top player with 17 mistakes.

Takahiro Arai Net Worth

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

He was a part of the 1998 Tohto University Baseball League. was a participant as a player in his first year in the Tohto University Baseball League and was 6 for 12 against an American NCAA All-Star team, securing his team’s RBI title. He was only able to hit a homerun twice in his college career. He was selected at the 6th round in the 1998 NPB draft by Hiroshima Carp, the team that he was a fan of as a youngster.

The year 1999 was a memorable one for Arai. Arai was a.288/.484/.289 hitter in 1999 .221/.288/.484 for Hiroshima however, he homered seven times over 95 AB. Arai was involved in 2 bonehead play-offs over one week. On September 14he chose not to attempt to advance on a home run hit by Eddy Diaz because he thought it would be caught. Diaz overtook him at the base which resulted with an out. The following week he was unable to count how many outs he had and decided to throw away the ball following the double play, allowing the hit to be scored.

In 2006, Arai hit .299/.336/.479 with 25 home runs and 100 RBI. He was 6th in the Central League in RBI, was third in sacrifice flies (9, one behind co- leaders Alex Ramirez and Shuichi Murata) and 10th in slugging. The next year, he batted .290/.351/.480 with 28 HR and 102 RBI. He tied Seung-yeop Lee for 6th in runs (84), tied Tyrone Woods for second in RBI (behind Ramirez), was 10th in home runs, third in strikeouts (136) and tied for second in double plays ground into (17), one behind Norihiro Nakamura.

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Takahiro Ranked on the list of most popular Japanese baseball player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Takahiro Arai celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.