Nori Aoki

Norichika "Nori" Aoki (青木 宣親, Aoki Norichika, born January 5, 1982) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Norichika Aoki 青木 宣親
Aoki with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2018
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 23
Outfielder
Born: (1982-01-05) January 5, 1982 Hyūga, Miyazaki, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: July 17, 2004, for the Yakult Swallows
MLB: April 6, 2012, for the Milwaukee Brewers
NPB statistics (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.325
Hits	1,704
Home runs	128
Runs batted in	561
Stolen bases	170
MLB statistics (through 2017 season)
Batting average	.285
Hits	774
Home runs	33
Runs batted in	219
Stolen bases	98
Teams
Yakult Swallows/Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2004–2011) Milwaukee Brewers (2012–2013) Kansas City Royals (2014) San Francisco Giants (2015) Seattle Mariners (2016) Houston Astros (2017) Toronto Blue Jays (2017) New York Mets (2017) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2018–present)
Career highlights and awards
World Series Champion 8× NPB All-Star (2005–2011, 2018) 7× Best Nine Award (2005–2011) 6× Golden Glove Award (2006–2011) 3× CL batting champion (2005, 2007, 2010) 2× NPB All-Star Game MVP (2006 Game 1, 2009 Game 1) 2005 CL Rookie of the Year CL stolen base leader (2006) 2009 World Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team .328 lifetime NPB batting average (highest among qualified batters) Meikyukai (2017)
Medals Men's baseball Representing Japan World Baseball Classic 2006 San Diego Team 2009 Los Angeles Team

Nori Aoki with the Houston Astros

Aoki is one of only six players, alongside Ichiro Suzuki, Matt Murton, Alex Ramirez, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, and Shogo Akiyama, to amass 200 or more hits in a single season in Japanese professional baseball, and the only individual to do so in two separate seasons. He played in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and represented Japan in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.