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Shun Takayama was born on 18 April, 1993 in Nagano, Japan, is a Japanese baseball player. Discover Shun Takayama's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 30 years old?
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30 years old |
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Aries |
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18 April 1993 |
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18 April |
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Nagano, Japan |
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Japan
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He is a member of famous player with the age 30 years old group.
Shun Takayama Height, Weight & Measurements
At 30 years old, Shun Takayama height is 1.81 m and Weight 88 kg.
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1.81 m |
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88 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Shun Takayama Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Shun Takayama worth at the age of 30 years old? Shun Takayama’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from Japan. We have estimated Shun Takayama's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Shun Takayama (髙山 俊) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Born in Nagano prefecture, Shun's family used to move from one prefecture to another, along with the transfer of his father who works for a major securities company.
When he was about to enter grade school, his family decided to move from Wakayama and settle down in his father's hometown in Funabashi City.
During his first grade, he was scouted by a little league coach when he was seen playing catch-ball with his father in a neighboring playground.
He became a full-fledged player in 6th grade, where he played the positions of outfielder, pitcher and catcher, and even appeared in national tournaments.
Later, he doubled as an outfielder and pitcher for the Nanabayashi Junior High, where he also placed 4th in the 200-meter run during a prefectural athletics tournament.
As a freshman in Tokyo's Nichidai Daisan High, he batted lead-off in the Tokyo City tournament and averaged at 0.435.
On April 22, he recorded his 3rd four-hit game and became the 4th NPB drafted rookie to collect three four-hit games in their first year, and the only one to accomplish the feat before the end of April.
On May 21, he recorded his fourth modasho (3 or more hits in one game) and first walk-off hit against Hiroshima to the delight of the home crowd at Koshien.
In the same tournament on his 2nd year, he batted at 0.432, drove in 13 RBIs including 4 home runs, and helped his team win the championship.
He was awarded Best Nine for 2 years in a row, and in his 3rd year, he broke the league's all-time total hits record of 127 hits (Shigeru Takada of Meiji U, 1967) when he finished with 131 hits.
In all of his 102 league games, he averaged at .324, batted in 45 runs, 8 of which were over the fence, and grabbed the Best Nine award 6 times.
Due to his consistent performance at the plate, Manager Kanemoto allowed him to debut as a starter on the March 25 opening day match against the Dragons, making him the first Tiger rookie to bat lead-off since Katsuhiko Nakamura in 1972.
He did not disappoint when he delivered a left outfield hit from Yudai Ono's 142 km/h fastball, making him the first ever rookie in team history to notch a hit on his first at-bat in an opening day match.
He continued to perform well at the plate in his subsequent outings, and this earned him a spot in the mid-season All Star Games, a feat accomplished by only one other Hanshin rookie in history (Teruyoshi Kuji in 1992).
On March 31, he hit his first home run and became the first Hanshin rookie to hit a lead-off home run since Tomochika Tsuboi in 1998.
This also made him the 2nd rookie in NPB history to hit his first career home run off the game's first pitch.
Afterwards, he went on a 10-game hitting streak until mid-April, but was removed from the line-up on April 16 after he felt tightness in the right elbow.
He played the clean-up role in the 2011 Summer Koshien final where he homered and drove in five runs against Kōsei Gakuin, earning his team the title (11-0).
He recorded 32 home runs in his entire high school career.
He secured the permanent post as outfielder and clean-up hitter upon entering Meiji University, where he recorded 20 hits (.417 BA) in his 1st year at the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League.
He also participated for the baseball event in the 2015 Summer Universiade, where Japan won the gold medal.
He was the Tiger's and Swallow's 1st pick at the 2015 NPB Draft, where Manager Kanemoto drew the winning ballot.
He signed with the Tigers for a contract of 100 million yen, a signing bonus of 50 million, and an annual salary of 15 million.
Takayama had 53 plate appearances during the pre-season spring training and hit .327 with a .744 on-base plus slugging percentage.