Louis Okoye (オコエ 瑠偉, Okoe Rui, born July 21, 1997 in Higashimurayama, Tokyo) // is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Louis Okoye
Okoye with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2022
Yomiuri Giants – No. 50
Outfielder
Born: (1997-07-21) July 21, 1997 (age 27)
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
March 25, 2016, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.219
Home runs9
Runs batted in38
Teams
Medals
Representing  Japan
U-18 Baseball World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Osaka Team

After the 2017 season, he joined Cañeros de Los Mochis.[1]

Okoye in 2016

Okoye's mother is Japanese and his father is Igbo from Nigeria.[2] His younger sister Monica Okoye is a member of the Japan women's national basketball team which won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

References

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  1. ^ "CAÑEROS ADQUIEREN AL OF JAPONES LOUIS OKOYE". Sitio Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (in Spanish). November 24, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Meet Nigerian baseball star who can't speak English, local dialect. Oak TV. January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
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