Sōsuke Genda

Sōsuke Genda (源田 壮亮, Genda Sōsuke, born February 16, 1993) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Sōsuke Genda
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 6
Infielder
Born: (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 (age 32) Ōita, Ōita, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
March 31, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics (through 2024 season)
Batting average	.269
Hits	1,067
Home runs	17
Runs batted in	265
Stolen bases	172
Teams
Saitama Seibu Lions (2017–present)
Career highlights and awards
6× NPB All-Star (2017–2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) 2017 Pacific League Rookie of the Year 7× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2018–2024) 4× Best Nine Award (2018–2021)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Japan Summer Olympics 2020 Tokyo Team World Baseball Classic 2023 Miami Team WBSC Premier12 2019 Tokyo Team 2024 Team

Career

He got Pacific League Rookie of the Year in 2017, he was named as Best Nine and got Golden Glove Award in 2018.

He was selected for the 2018 NPB All-Star Game [jp].^[1]

International career

Genda with the WBC Japan national team at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2023

Genda represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.^[2]

On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.^[3]

Personal life

In October 2019, Genda married actress, tarento, and former Nogizaka46 member Misa Etō, whom he met when she interviewed him for a professional sports news program.^[4] They have one child.^[5]