Sunday, September 22, 2019

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version Set - Where Are They Now?

In September of 2009 BBM issued their fourth set for the Tokyo Big Six collegiate league and their fifth collegiate set over all.  The 2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version box set contained 36 cards - 30 player cards (five per team) and six team cards.  Eleven of the 30 players would go on to play in NPB.  Six of those players had their first ever baseball card in this set - Shohei Habu, Hayata Itoh, Tomoya Mikami, Kazuki Mishima, Shota Sugiyama and Takashi Uemoto.  They join returning champions Kisho Kagami, Yusuke Nomura, Tatsuya Ohishi, Yuki Saitoh and Kenji Tomura.

Here's a summary of the 11 future NPB players, nine of whom were still active this season:

Player College Year Drafted Notes
Shohei Habu Waesda 2 2011 Carp 4th Played for Carp 2012-18
Hayata Itoh Keio 2 2011 Tigers 1st Played for Tigers 2011-present
Kisho Kagami Hosei 3 2010 Baystars 2nd Played for Baystars 2011-15.  Played for JR West after leaving Baystars
Tomoya Mikami Hosei 2 2013 Baystars 4th Spent two years with JX-ENOS after graduating.  Played for Baystars 2014-present.  All Star in 2014 & 2016
Kazuki Mishima Hosei 1 2012 Baystars 2nd Played for Baystars 2013-present.  All Star in 2013
Yusuke Nomura Meiji 2 2011 Carp 1st Played for Carp 2012-present, 2012 Rookie Of The Year.  Lead Central League in wins in 2016.  All Star in 2012 & 2016.  Named to Best 9 team in 2016
Tatsuya Ohishi Waseda 3 2010 Lions 1st Played for Lions 2011-present
Yuki Saitoh Waseda 3 2010 Fighters 1st Played for Fighters 2011-present.  All Star in 2011-12
Shota Sugiyama Waseda 1 2012 Dragons 4th Played for Dragons 2013-present
Kenji Tomura Rikkio 4 2009 Eagles 1st Played for Eagles 2010-present
Takashi Uemoto Meiji 1 2012 Carp 3rd Played for Carp 2013-present

Takashi Uemoto's brother Hiroki had played for Waseda from 2005-08 and had been drafted by Hanshin the previous fall.  He is still playing for the Tigers.

Here's each player's card from the set plus a card of them from their NPB team:

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #11

2018 BBM Carp #C62

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #23

2019 BBM Tigers #T64

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #01

2011 BBM 1st Version #318

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #02

2019 Calbee #059

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #03

2019 Epoch NPB #329

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #13

2019 BBM 1st Version #167

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #07

2019 BBM Lions #L06

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #08

2019 BBM Fighters #F02

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #09

2019 BBM Dragons #D39

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #25

2019 BBM Eagles #E12

2009 BBM Tokyo Big Six Autumn Version #16

2019 BBM Carp #C45
Of the other 19 players in the set, three of them had their only card ever in this set - Hironobu Hara (Waseda), Junpei Komuro (Keio) and Gota Nanba (Meiji).  The other 16 players appear in other collegiate sets - Hitoshi Fuchigami (Keio), Hiroto Furugaki (Tokyo), Gosuke Hiraizumi (Tokyo), Daisuke Ikarashi (Rikkio), Shuhei Iwasaki (Tokyo). Junpei Komichi (Meiji), Nobuaki Nakabayashi (Keio), Masahito Nihira (Rikkio), Keisuke Okazaki (Rikkio), Yo Sasaki (Hosei), Yuichi Suzuki (Tokyo), Kazuma Takeuchi (Keio), Soichiro Tanaka (Rikkio), Yuta Tohyama (Meiji), Shota Utsumi (Tokyo) and Shota Waizumi (Hosei).

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