Munetaka Murakami

Munetaka Murakami is a thrilling player to track right now. At 188 cm with a violent, explosive swing, he collected NPB Rookie of the Year, a Best Nine, and the 2021 Central League MVP before taking the leap to the Chicago White Sox. I find a Japanese cleanup hitter testing himself in MLB genuinely electric. He strikes out a fair amount, but that risk is the price of the monstrous power that makes him special. Born in 2000, he is young for this kind of pedigree. After Ohtani, he is the Japanese hitter I am most curious to see succeed abroad.

Name (English)

Munetaka Murakami

Name (Japanese)

村上宗隆

Reading

むらかみ むねたか

Born

February 2, 2000 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

Origin

Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

188 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
• 2020 Best Nine Award
• 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munetaka%20Murakami
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%8A%E5%AE%97%E9%9A%86
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54292783

Tags

• Kumamoto Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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