Professional baseball player Yakult No. 4 Munetaka Murakami hit the 50th three-run home run this season in the Chunichi match being held at Jingu Stadium on the night of the 2nd.
It is the first time in 20 years since Hideki Matsui, a giant in 2002, that a Japanese player has hit 50 home runs in a season.
Murakami hit 49 home runs, which is the top of 12 teams so far, and was approaching 1 more than 50.
Murakami started in the 4th and 3rd in the Chunichi match held at Jingu Stadium on the night of the 20th. hit a three-run home run.
It is the first time in 20 years since Hideki Matsui, a giant in 2002, that a Japanese player has hit 50 home runs in a season.
Also, at the age of 22, he is the youngest person to reach No. 50, surpassing Sadaharu Oh, who was 24 years old.
In the future, attention will be focused on whether he can break the professional baseball record of 55 hits set by Sadaharu Oh and others, and the record of 60 hits set by Murakami's former teammate Valentin in 2013.