Japanese baseball legend Isao Harimoto has died

Sep 10, 2026

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Japanese baseball great Harimoto dies Photo taken in Tokyo in December 2022 shows Isao Harimoto, a Japanese baseball great and survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer, who set the Nippon Professional Baseball career hits record with 3,085 hits in 2,752 games, died on Sept. 9, 2026, aged 86. A14AA0005627359P
Japanese baseball great Harimoto dies Japanese baseball great Isao Harimoto (R), is pictured with Shohei Ohtani of the Nippon Ham Fighters in February 2013 in Kunigami, Okinawa Prefecture. Harimoto, a Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer who set the Nippon Professional Baseball career hits record with 3,085 hits in 2,752 games, died on Sept. 9, 2026, aged 86. A14AA0005627360P
Japanese baseball great Harimoto dies Isao Harimoto of the Lotte Orions hit his 3,000th career hit in a baseball game against the Hankyu Braves in Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on May 28, 1980. The Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer, who set the Nippon Professional Baseball career hits record with 3,085 hits in 2,752 games, died on Sept. 9, 2026, aged 86. A14AA0005627361P
Japanese baseball great Harimoto dies Japanese baseball great Isao Harimoto celebrates after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in Tokyo in January 1990, in front of the plaque of fellow Hall of Famer Shigeru Mizuhara. Harimoto, who set the Nippon Professional Baseball career hits record with 3,085 hits in 2,752 games, died on Sept. 9, 2026, aged 86. A14AA0005627362P
Japanese baseball great Harimoto dies Japanese baseball great Isao Harimoto is pictured during a baseball game featuring former Japanese professional players in Tokyo on July 27, 2026. Harimoto, a Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer who set the Nippon Professional Baseball career hits record with 3,085 hits in 2,752 games, died on Sept. 9, at age 86. A14AA0005627363P
Baseball legend Katsuya Nomura dies at 84 File photo taken in February 2018 shows former Nankai Hawks catcher Katsuya Nomura (front C) posing for a photo with former Yomiuri Giants players (from L) Shigeo Nagashima, Isao Harimoto and Sadaharu Oh before an exhibition baseball game by former players in Miyazaki, Japan. Nomura died of ischemic heart failure on Feb. 11, 2020, at age 84.
Nintendo to sell majority stake in Seattle Mariners File photo shows Ichiro Suzuki (2nd from L) acknowledging the crowd at the Seattle Mariners Safeco Field on April 16, 2009 after breaking Isao Harimoto s record in Japan for most career hits with his 3,086th hit in a combined career between the Japanese and major leagues. The Mariners said on April 27, 2016 that Nintendo of America Inc. will sell a majority of its interest in the team to other members of the current ownership group.
Isao Harimoto (Japan) - (SEA2009041507) Baseball Herren MLB 2009, Major League Porträt Seattle
Isao Harimoto (Japan) - (SEA2009041508) Baseball Herren MLB 2009, Major League Porträt Seattle