Sunday, April 19, 2020

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version Set - Where Are They Now?


In April of 2010, BBM published their latest collegiate set - the Tokyo Big Six Spring Version set.  This was their sixth collegiate set and their fifth for the Tokyo Big Six league.  The base set contained 36 cards - 30 player cards (5 per team) plus six team cards.  This was the smallest "Spring Version" set so far as the previous two had been 60 card sets with 54 player cards.  Each box set also contained one of 12 "Tokyo Big Six Legends".

Only eight of the 30 players in the set would go on to play in NPB.  This is tied with the 2008 Spring Version set for the smallest number so far.  All of the eight players had been in at least one of the 2009 set.  Here's the list of players:

Player College Year Drafted Notes
Fumiya Araki Meiji 4 2010 Tigers 5th Played for Tigers 2011-present
Shohei Habu Waesda 3 2011 Carp 4th Played for Carp 2012-18.
Hayata Itoh Keio 3 2011 Tigers 1st Played for Tigers 2011-present
Kisho Kagami Hosei 4 2010 Baystars 2nd Played for Baystars 2011-15.  Played for JR West after leaving Baystars
Kazuki Mishima Hosei 2 2012 Baystars 2nd Played for Baystars 2013-present.  All Star in 2013
Yusuke Nomura Meiji 3 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 4 2010 Lions 1st Played for Lions 2011-2019
Yuki Saitoh Waseda 4 2010 Fighters 1st Played for Fighters 2011-present.  All Star in 2011-12

Here's each of their cards from the set along with a card of them from their time in NPB.  As always I'm attempting to pick a different card than one I've already shown although that's getting more and more difficult with some players.

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #03

2019 BBM Tigers #T56

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #23

2017 BBM Carp #C64

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #11

2015 Tigers Original Player Card #22

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #13

2011 BBM Rookie Edition #090

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #14

2019 Calbee #201

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #02

2019 BBM 2nd Version #482

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #19

2018 Epoch Lions Rookies & Stars #06

2010 BBM Tokyo Big Six Spring Version #20

2015 Fighters Player Cards
Of the other 22 players in the set, five of them had their only cards ever in this set - Takuya Hiromoto (Hosei), Masatoshi Itoh (Rikkio), Hiroki Matsunaga (Waseda), Shogo Shashiki (Meiji) and Masashi Yamaguchi (Meiji).  The remaining 17 players appeared in at least one other collegiate set - Hitoshi Fuchigami (Keio), Gosuke Hiraizumi (Tokyo), Shuhei Iwasaki (Tokyo), Takashi Kihara (Tokyo), Yoshihiro Maeda (Tokyo), Masahiro Nagasaki (Keio), Masahito Nihira (Rikkio), Kazuki Nishijima (Meiji), Keisuke Okazaki (Rikkio), Hayato Saitoh (Rikkio), Yo Sasaki (Hosei), Hiroshi Taki (Hosei), Atsushi Tanaka (Tokyo), Soichiro Tanaka (Rikkio), Koji Udaka (Waseda), Naoki Yamaguchi (Keio) and Tatsushi Yumoto (Keio).

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