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The Baseball Hall of Fame was established to honor and commemorate those who have made a great contribution to the development of baseball. Ichiro, who recorded a total of 4,367 hits in Japan and the United States in the player category of the athlete awards, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, becoming the seventh person in history to be inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, following Starfin, Sadaharu Oh, Hideo Nomo, Kimiyasu Kudo, Tomonori Kanemoto, and Hideki Matsui. "I am very grateful to have been inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame." (1/16/2025) #Ichiro #BaseballHallOfFame