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Hideki Matsui (Japanese: 松井　秀喜) (born June 12, 1974) is a Japanese Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees. He has been nicknamed "Godzilla", and has generated excitement among fans. His hair style has prompted some of his teammates to jokingly refer to him as "Shemp". Many reporters and photographers have followed him from his home in Tokyo, Japan.

Matsui was born in Neagari, Ishikawa, Japan. He started playing baseball when he was in elementary school, and participated in four National High School Baseball Tournaments at Koshien Stadium, once in the spring and three times in summer, during his high school years. In 1992, he drew five consecutive intentional walks in a game at Koshien and became a nationwide topic in Japan at that time, even though the strategy worked and his team lost. Matsui graduated from Seiryo-Highschool in Ishikawa and was drafted by the Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants in the first round.

Matsui was a three-time MVP in the (Japanese) Central League, playing for the Giants, Japan's most famous team. In 2003, his first season in Major League Baseball, Matsui collected 179 hits in 623 at bats, including 42 doubles and a triple, for a .287 batting average.

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