Louis Okoye

{{short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1997)}}

{{Infobox NPB player

| name = Louis Okoye

| image = RE-Louis Okoye20220618.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Okoye with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2022

| position = Outfielder

| team = Yomiuri Giants

| number = 50

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|21}}

| birth_place = Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = March 25

| debutyear = 2016

| debutteam = Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

| statyear = 2024 season

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .228

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 14

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 63

| teams =

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry | {{bb|JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | U-18 Baseball World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Osaka | Team}}

| highlights =

}}

{{Nihongo|Louis Okoye|オコエ 瑠偉|Okoe Rui|born July 21, 1997}} {{IPAc-en||audio=Ig-Louis Okoy.ogg}} is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career

After the 2017 season, Okoye joined Cañeros de Los Mochis.{{cite web |first1= |last1= |url=https://www.lmp.mx/noticia/16517 |title=CAÑEROS ADQUIEREN AL OF JAPONES LOUIS OKOYE |work=Sitio Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico |language=Spanish |date=November 24, 2017 |accessdate=January 13, 2018 }}

File:Rakuten okoye9.JPG

Personal life

Okoye's mother is Japanese and his father is Igbo from Nigeria.{{cite AV media |date=January 20, 2017 |title=Meet Nigerian baseball star who can't speak English, local dialect |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_gt_-acxsc |access-date=March 31, 2019 |publisher=Oak TV }} 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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