Isao Harimoto

Isao Harimoto (張本 勲, Harimoto Isao; born June 19, 1940) is a Korean-Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player and holder of the record for most hits in the Japanese professional leagues. An ethnic Korean, his birth name is Jang Hun (Korean: 장훈; Hanja: 張勳). Harimoto has spent his life as a resident of Japan and adopted a Japanese name, but remained a Korean citizen, thus making him a Zainichi Korean for many years. In December 2024, Harimoto revealed in an interview with Sankei Shimbun that he had received his Japanese citizenship several years ago. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 and now works as a television baseball analyst.