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Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star

  • Ichiro is expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, possibly as only the second player chosen unanimously after Mariano Rivera.
  • Ichiro will enter the Hall of Fame as professional baseball's all-time leader in hits with 4,367, surpassing Pete Rose's 4,256.
  • Ichiro played his last games in 2019 and made global news a year ago when he broke a window with a 426-foot home run while teaching batting techniques.
  • Ichiro is seen as a cultural icon representing Japan's transition to producing global cultural figures, according to Kiyoteru Tsutsui and Shimpei Miyagawa.
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