In the 21st year of professional baseball Seibu, Takeya Nakamura hit his 8th home run this season in the match against Rakuten on the night of the 12th, becoming the 14th player in history to hit a total of 450 home runs.
On the night of the 12th, Nakamura started in the Rakuten game held at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in Sendai City as 5th and 3rd, and in the first at-bat of the 2nd inning, Rakuten's starter, Takayuki Kishi, went to left field 8. I hit a solo home run.
Nakamura, now in his 21st year, has now hit 450 home runs.
450 home runs became the 14th player in history since Tomonori Kanemoto, who was active in Hiroshima and Hanshin, achieved it in 2010.
Nakamura is 38 years old and has been a professional for 21 years.
He is a slugger and has won the home run king title six times.
Through the team, Nakamura commented, "Since he hit the 400th home run in total, it took a while because he couldn't hit a home run, but I'm glad I hit the 450th one today."