On Sept 19th, Munetaka Murakami of Tokyo Yakult Swallows, hit his 35th solo home run of the season against Hiroshima at Jingu Baseball Stadium, reaching 100th in total.
Murakami was born on February 2nd, 2000. The 21 and 7-month-old became the youngest player to reach 100th HR in total surpassing Kiyohara Kazuhiro (Seibu), who reached 100th HR at 21 and 9-month-old back in 1989.
The 379 games required to reach 100 HR were the 2nd fastest ever among High School grad players behind 351 games by Koji Akiyama (Seibu).
Top 10 youngest players to reach 100th HR
Name Age # of games
Munetaka Murakami 21 and 7 months 379
Kazuhiro Kiyohara 21 and 9 months 423
Futoshi Nakanishi 22 and 3 months 438
Hideki Matsui 22 and 10 months 468
Isao Harimoto 23 565
Sadaharu Oh 23 and 2 months 563
Yasumitsu Toyoda 23 and 4 months 712
Masahiro Doi 23 and 5 months 722
Masayuki Kakefu 23 and 11 months 553
Tetsuto Yamada 23 and 11 months 492