Sōsuke Genda | |
Position: | Infielder |
Team: | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Number: | 6 |
Birth Date: | 16 February 1993 |
Birth Place: | Ōita, Ōita, Japan |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | NPB |
Debutdate: | March 31 |
Debutyear: | 2017 |
Debutteam: | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Statyear: | 2023 season |
Statleague: | NPB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .270 |
Stat2label: | Hits |
Stat2value: | 929 |
Stat3label: | Home runs |
Stat3value: | 14 |
Stat4label: | Runs batted in |
Stat4value: | 244 |
Stat5label: | Stolen bases |
Stat5value: | 160 |
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is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
He got Pacific League Rookie of the Year in 2017, he was named as Best Nine and got Golden Glove Award in 2018.
He was selected for the .[1]
Genda represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[2]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[3]
In October 2019, Genda married actress, tarento, and former Nogizaka46 member Misa Etō, whom he met when she interviewed him for a professional sports news program.[4] The couple welcomed the birth of their first child, a son, on January 29, 2022.[5]