Hiroki Kokubo Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks' Captain

I will tell you about Hiroki Kokubo. Kokubo was born October 8th 1971. In 1989 Kokubo entered Aoyama Gakuin University. When he was in the university, he participated in total 40 games and recorded AVG.291, HR 8, and RBI 23. In 1993 he was elected the captain. He also greatly contributed to Nippon Champions. In 1993's draft conference Kokubo was designated by Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (Present: Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks). Contract money was 160 million yen, which was the highest. The annual salary was 12 million yen. Two years later he got the title of HR King. He played as second baseman and 4th batter. He also recorded three bases Hits 8 (League No.1).
Next year he recorded HR 24. However, his AVG was in .247, and Hawks also ended in the lowest since 1993.
 In 1997 Kokubo participated in 135 games. At the same time he recorded AVG.302, HR 36, and RBI 114.
Two years later Hawks became Pacific League Champions and Nippon Series Champions. However, Kokubo could not leave the results. AVG, HR, and RBI were .234, 24, and 77.
 Next year, in 2000 he achieved HR 30 and RBI 100. Finally, he recorded HR 31 and RBI 105. He became one of the 100 million players. His age was 30 in those days.
 In 2001 he recorded HR 44 and RBI 123.
 On October 12th 2002 he recorded 32 HR. It was the final HR and final participation as Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.
 In 2003 he could not participate in any games because he got hurt.
 In 2004 he participated in Yomiuri Giants because Hawks free-traded Kokubo. As a result, he recorded AVG.314 (His Best Record), HR 41, and RBI 96. HR 41 is the best record of Japanese right batter of Yomiuri Giants. Shigeo Nagashima, Hiromitsu Ochiai, and Kazuhiro Kiyohara even could not achieve 40 HR over. In 2005 he recorded HR 34 although Giants ended in 5th. In 2006 he was elected the captain of the team. However, HR was only 19. In the same year he returned to Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks because of using Free Agent Right.
In 2007 he recorded HR 25 and RBI 82.
However, Hawks ended in the lowest since 1996 in 2008. He also could not leave enough results.
 In 2009 he recorded RBI 81 although his HR was 18. Still, Hawks was defeated by Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Climax Series.
In this year Kokubo achieved HR 400. I want him not to quit his job as one of the Nippon Professional Baseball Players.

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