＃5 Koji Chikamoto

Profile

	English
Name	Koji Chikamoto
Date of Birth	November 9, 1994
Hometown	Hyogo
High School	Yashiro HS
Career	Kansaigakuin Univ. → Osaka Gas
Originally drafted by	Hanshin Tigers, 1rd Round, 2018
Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Position	Outfielder
Wears	# 5
Career Awards, Achievements

Introduction by TORA-NEKO

Koji Chikamoto
Chikamoto is an outfielder who bats and throws left. He started his professional career at the Tigers in 2019 and has been the main Center Fielder since. Although his expectations from the Tigers fans weren’t that high at first, he made the fans change their minds very quickly. (手のひら返し→Link here) Chikamoto is well known as a fast horse, as well as his high average in his batting, and has stolen the most bases in the central league for 5 times and had the most hits in 2021.

Career Stats

• Batting Stats

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	SH	SF	BB	HP	SO	GDP	AVG	SLG	OBP
2019	Hanshin	142	640	586	81	159	20	7	9	220	42	36	15	14	3	31	6	110	2	.271	.375	.313
2020	Hanshin	120	519	474	81	139	21	5	9	197	45	31	8	7	1	30	7	61	4	.293	.416	.344
2021	Hanshin	140	612	569	91	178	33	5	10	251	50	24	7	4	2	33	4	58	6	.313	.441	.354
2022	Hanshin	132	580	525	71	154	16	3	3	185	34	30	5	6	1	41	7	63	7	.293	.352	.352
2023	Hanshin	129	585	501	83	143	24	12	8	215	54	28	3	0	5	67	12	71	6	.285	.429	.379
2024	Hanshin	141	639	562	71	160	16	5	6	204	45	19	9	0	4	68	5	93	7	.285	.363	.365
	Totals	804	3575	3217	478	933	130	37	45	1272	270	168	47	31	16	270	41	456	32	.290	.395	.351

Players Chant

Japanese	English
切り拓け	Pave the way
勝利への道	to victory.
打て グラウンド 駆けろ	Hit and run around the ground!
燃えろ 近本	Put your spirit, Chikamoto!
かっとばせー ちーかーもと	Let’s go and say Chikamoto!