Korean-Japanese baseball legend Isao Harimoto, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has died in Tokyo at the age of 86. Known as the Hit Machine, Harimoto recorded the most hits in Japanese baseball history, amassing 3,085 over his 23-season career.
He is the only player in Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB) history to reach 3,000 hits. Harimoto also hit 504 home runs and stole 319 bases, making him the only NPB player with at least 500 homers and 300 stolen bases, a feat achieved by only three players in Major League Baseball history.
Harimoto, born Jang Hun in Hiroshima in 1940, was five years old when he survived the atomic bombing of the city in 1945. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 and helped the Toei Flyers win their first Japan Series in 1962.