Hideki Matsui

Hideki Matsui, nicknamed Godzilla, is a Japanese former outfielder and designated hitter who played his first ten seasons for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball, where he was a nine-time All-Star, a three-time Japan Series champion and a three-time Central League Most Valuable Player. From 2003 he played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays, spending his first seven seasons with the Yankees. As a Yankee he was a two-time All-Star and the 2009 World Series champion, and he was named World Series MVP, the first Asian player to win the award. He later managed the Yomiuri Giants.