In the 21st year of professional baseball, Seibu, Takeya Nakamura struck out the 1956th strikeout in total against Orix on the night of the 6th, breaking the professional baseball record.
On the 5th, Nakamura was in line with Kazuhiro Kiyohara's professional baseball record, who was active in Seibu and Giants after striking out his 1955th strikeout.
On the night of the 6th, he started in the match against Orix at Kyocera Dome Osaka as the 5th designated hitter, and in the 4th at bat of the 7th inning, he struck out with pitcher Yuta Kuroki and became the 1956th strikeout in total. The professional baseball record was updated.
Nakamura is 38 years old in his 21st year as a professional player.
He is a right-handed batter with a long hitting ability, and has hit a total of 446 home runs, which is the most active player in history and is the 14th place in history, and has won the title of King Home Run 6 times.