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Shogo Kimura
Shogo Kimura
	Kimura with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
	Infielder
	Born: April 16, 1980 (age 44); Jōtō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	March 28, 2003, for the Yokohama BayStars
Last NPB appearance
	June 9, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics ; (through 2017 season)
Batting average	.261
Hits	294
RBIs	71
Home runs	3
Teams
	Yokohama BayStars (2003–2007); Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2008–2015); Saitama Seibu Lions (2016–2017);
Height
Personal information
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Role	Batter
International information
National side	Japan (2018-present);
T20I debut (cap 14)	10 October 2022 v Indonesia
Last T20I	01 October 2023 v Hong Kong
	Source: Cricinfo, 1 October 2023

Shogo Kimura (木村昇吾, Kimura Shōgo, born April 16, 1980 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player and a cricketer. He plays infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions. He took up cricket with the Japan Cricket Association after going unsigned following his release by the Seibu Lions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In September 2022, he was named in Japan's T20I squad for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier.^[4] Kimura was part of Japan's squad against the Indonesia cricket team that toured Japan in October 2022 to play a three-match Twenty20 International series. He made his T20I debut on 10 October 2022, against Indonesia.^[5]

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