Louis Okoye

Louis Okoye (オコエ 瑠偉, Okoe Rui; born July 21, 1997) // ^ⓘ is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Louis Okoye
Okoye with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2022
Yomiuri Giants – No. 50
Outfielder
Born: (1997-07-21) July 21, 1997 (age 28) Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
March 25, 2016, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics (through 2024 season)
Batting average	.228
Home runs	14
Runs batted in	63
Teams
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2016–2022) Yomiuri Giants (2023–present)
Medals Representing  Japan U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 Osaka Team

Career

After the 2017 season, Okoye joined Cañeros de Los Mochis.^[1]

Okoye in 2016

Personal life

Okoye's mother is Japanese and his father is Igbo from Nigeria.^[2] His younger sister Monica Okoye is a member of the Japan women's national basketball team which won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.