Munenori Kawasaki (川﨑 宗則, Kawasaki Munenori, born June 3, 1981) is a retired Japanese professional baseball shortstop and second baseman. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, and Chicago Cubs. He played for the Japanese national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics. Following the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series championship, Kawasaki joined Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara as the only Japanese players to have won championships in the World Baseball Classic, Japan Series and World Series.
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Munenori Kawasaki 3 June 1981 (age 44) Aira, Kagoshima, Japan
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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