Norichika Aoki recorded #2,500 hits in a match against Nippon Ham at Jingu Stadium. This was the 1726th hit of his professional baseball career in Japan, and with 774 hits in the Major League, he has a total of 2,500 hits in the United States and Japan combined. He became the 4th Japanese player in history to record this number combined with NPB and MLB after Kazuo Matsui, Hideki Matsui, and Ichiro Suzuki.
Below is the list of +2500 hits club in Japan:
- Ichiro Suzkuki 4367 Hits (JP:1278, US:3089)
- Isao Harimoto 3085 Hits
- Katsuya Nomura 2901 Hits
- Sadaharu Oh 2786 Hits
- Kazuo Matsuo 2705 Hits (JP: 2090, US: 615)
- Hideki Matsui 2643 Hits (JP: 1390, US: 1253)
- Hiromitsu Kadota 2566 Hits
- Sachio Kinugasa 2543 Hits
- Yutaka Fukumoto 2543 Hits
- Tomoaki Kanemoto 2539 Hits
- Norichika Aoki 2500 Hits (JP: 1726, US: 774)