Akira Matsumoto (Japan)

Akira Matsumoto (松本 晃)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 187 lb.

• School Yokohama College of Commerce
• High School PL Gakuen High School

• Born April 4, 1985 in Osaka Prefecture Japan

Biographical Information

Akira Matsumoto was on the Japanese national team that won the 2012 Asian Championship and 2013 East Asian Games. In the 2014 Asian Games, he hit .429/.467/.571 with six RBI in four games as Japan's left fielder when they won Bronze. He had 3 hits in the Bronze Medal Game win over China. He tied Toshiyuki Hayashi, Toshihiko Kuramoto and Sung-bum Na for second in the event in RBI, one behind future major leaguer Jung-ho Kang.