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Hideki Kuriyama

くりやま ひでき

Kuriyama Hideki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-04-26 （Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Professional baseball player, Professional baseball manager, Baseball commentator, Baseball critic, Sports journalist, University professor
Active Years
1984-

Education

Soka High School
Country: Japan
Tokyo Gakugei University
Faculty of Education / Department of Education
Degree: 教育学士
Country: Japan
Acquired teaching license

Awards

Golden Glove Award (Outfield)
1989
Category: 外野手部門
Organization: Nippon Professional Baseball
Result: 受賞
Tokyo Gakugei University Honor Award
2013
Organization: Tokyo Gakugei University
Result: 受賞
Shoriki Matsutaro Award
2016
Organization: Nippon Professional Baseball
Result: 受賞
Shoriki Matsutaro Award Special Prize
2023
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Nippon Professional Baseball
Result: 受賞
Commissioner Special Award
2023
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Nippon Professional Baseball
Result: 受賞
Pacific League Federation Special Award Best Manager
2012
Category: 最優秀監督賞
Organization: Pacific League
Result: 受賞
Pacific League Federation Special Award Best Manager
2016
Category: 最優秀監督賞
Organization: Pacific League
Result: 受賞
TV Asahi Sports Special Achievement Award
2011
Organization: TV Asahi
Result: 受賞
Big Sports Award Super Baseball Award
2012
Organization: TV Asahi
Result: 受賞
TV Asahi Sports Broadcasting Award
2016
Organization: TV Asahi
Result: 受賞
Kitademy Award Manager Award
2018
Category: 監督賞
Organization: Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting
Result: 受賞
Tokyo Gakugei University Honorary Professor
2023
Organization: Tokyo Gakugei University
Result: 受賞
Kuriyama Town Resident Honor Award
2023
Organization: Kuriyama Town
Result: 受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
2023
Organization: Kikuchi Kan Prize
Result: 受賞
SUITS OF THE YEAR 2023 Sports Category
2023
Category: スポーツ部門
Result: 受賞
Hattori Shinji Special Award
2023
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Hattori Shinji Cultural and Sports Foundation
Result: 受賞
Best Dresser Award Sports Category
2023
Category: スポーツ部門
Result: 受賞
Yahoo! Search Award 2023 Special Category
2023
Category: スペシャル部門
Result: 受賞
Tanita Health Award
2023
Organization: Tanita
Result: 受賞
Sports Graphic Number MVP Award
2023
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hideki Kuriyama at 29: Chasing Dreams

1990 Autobiography

An autobiographical work detailing his baseball career and pursuit of dreams.

BaseballChallengeDreams

Bibliography

  • Hideki Kuriyama at 29: Chasing Dreams (1990, Ikeda Shoten)
  • Sports Kids Spinach: Sports Science Report (1992, TV Asahi)
  • Dreams Are True Dreams (1994, Fusosha)
  • Revival: Men Who Looked into Hell (1994, Baseball Magazine)
  • Things You Shouldn't Forget: For Those Who Love Sports (1996, Shogakukan)
  • Hideki Kuriyama's Baseball Academy (2005, Publishing Arts)
  • Kurino Ki Farm Story: Hideki Kuriyama Builds a Baseball Field: Nurturing the Field of Dreams in the Northern Land (2006, Makino)
  • Hideki Kuriyama's World Collection of Athletes (2007, Gakken)
  • Night Before the Monster: The Parenting Technique That Raised 'The 6 Billion Yen Man' Daisuke Matsuzaka (2007, Tokyo Gakusan)
  • Faraway Koshien 2011, A Special Summer (2010, Nikkan Sports Publishing)
  • Faraway Koshien Another High School Baseball Story (2010, Nikkan Sports Publishing)
  • Determination: Why the Theoretical Rookie Manager Threw Away Theory (2012, Bestsellers)
  • To Communicate. There Is No Weapon Stronger Than Words (2013, Bestsellers)
  • Mitatezai: The State of 'Leaders Within Organizations' (2015, Bestsellers)
  • How to Build 'The Best Team' (2016, Bestsellers)
  • Kuriyama Spirit: Life Skills for 14-Year-Olds (2017, Kawade Shobo Shinsha)
  • The Power to Nurture: Hideki Kuriyama's Teachings from 'Analects and Abacus' (2018, Takarajimasha)
  • Leaving Behind Immaturity: What Is the Difference Between Top-Class and Others? (2019, Wani Books)
  • What Baseball Taught Me (2019, KADOKAWA)
  • Kuriyama Note (2019, Kobunsha)
  • Kuriyama Note 2: The Path to World Number One (2023, Kobunsha)
  • The Power to Believe: 52 Attitudes to Control Luck in Life (2024, Kodansha)
  • Manager's Assets (2024, Wani Books)
  • Hideki Kuriyama's Thoughts (2024, Pia)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Polite and easy-to-understand writingNarrative emphasizing empathy for the reader
Recurring Motifs
BaseballChallengeDreamsEffortHuman Relationships

Health

  • Meniere's disease
    1985年から1990年代終了まで
    Suffered repeated dizziness and ear ailments during playing career, affecting performance.

Legacy

A major influence in Japanese professional baseball as a player, commentator, manager, and educator. Especially recognized for his success as manager of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and leading the national team to a world championship. Also dedicated to baseball promotion through facility management and educational activities, influential in many fields.

Academic Societies

  • Japanese Turfgrass Society
  • Tokyo Gakugei University

Quotes

  • We have the mission to play baseball with gratitude. If even one person becomes encouraged, it has meaning. That is important.
    Source: Interview during the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake impact (2018)
  • For someone like me without special talent, giving 120% effort is the minimum condition to survive professionally. When I could no longer do that, I had to end my career.
    Source: Interview upon retirement from active career (1990)

Trivia

  • He once aspired to be an actor during his student days.
  • Released a song titled 'More a Sorcerer than an Angel'.
  • Calls himself a 'Hara Mania' and admires Tatsunori Hara.
  • Won a Golden Glove as a player and became Japan's first professional baseball manager who was also a university professor.