The Japanese Baseball Hall Of Fame announced its 2025 inductees today, and, to no one's real surprise, Ichiro Suzuki was elected in his first year of eligibility. He is joined by three others - long time Dragons relief ace Hitoki Iwase (who, like Ichiro, was elected on the Player's Division ballot), Tigers slugger Masayuki Kakefu (on the Expert Division ballot after coming two votes short last year) and umpire Hiroya Tomizawa (who I believe went in on the Special Committee vote). It's always kind of surprised me that Kakefu wasn't already in the Hall Of Fame so I'm happy he's finally in.
Hitoki Iwase
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| 1999 BBM #311 |
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| 2007 BBM Nippon Series #504 |
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| 2019 BBM Retirement #01 |
Masayuki Kakefu
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| 1977 Yamakatsu JY4 |
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| 1984 Calbee #3 |
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| 2017 Epoch Tigers #02 (Variant 1) |
Ichiro
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| 1993 Takara BlueWave #51 |
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| 2000 BBM Diamond Heroes #F6 |
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| 2009 Konami Baseball Heroes WBC #W09R113 |
As usual, I've updated my spreadsheet listing all the Hall Of Famers in BBM flagship sets. 1994 remains the set with the most Hall Of Fame players although the number has now grown to 18. The set with the most Hall Of Famers overall (both players and managers) remains 1991 with 25 but it no longer stands alone - the 1994 and 1998 sets now also boast 25 Hall Of Famers each. Iwase's final season was 2018 which means that that is now the latest year that includes a Hall Of Fame player.
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