Ryota Arai
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Arai with the Hanshin Tigers
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| Hanshin Tigers – No. 32 | |||
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Born: August 16, 1983 Hiroshima, Japan |
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| NPB debut | |||
| 2006, for the Chunichi Dragons | |||
| NPB statistics (through 2016) |
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| Batting average | .240 | ||
| Home runs | 40 | ||
| RBI | 151 | ||
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Ryota Arai (新井 良太 Arai Ryota?, born August 16, 1983 in Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Ryota is a 6'2 infielder, playing either 1st or 3rd baseman, but also previously played as an outfielder. His elder brother Takahiro is also a professional baseball player currently playing for Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
He played softball from his 5th year in grade school, and continued when he attended the Satsukigaoka Junior High School in Hiroshima. In his 2nd year, his school team placed 3rd in the Junior High Softball Tournament in China.
He then attended Koryo High School where he played as first baseman. In the spring of his senior year, he was elected as team captain (4th batter) and participated in the finals of the Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament. In their battle with East Fukuoka High School, 2nd year Yuki Yoshimura pitched 3 scoreless innings, but ended up losing the game (4-8) in favor of Koryo. Kentaro Nishimura and Shirahama Yuta, both one year his junior, played alongside him.
He then entered Komazawa University where his team participated in the Tohto University Baseball League. Out of 79 games played in college, he recorded a .238 batting average, 63 hits, 49 RBIs and 14 home runs, and received the Best Nine Award twice.
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