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The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

REVEALED: Murakami yamamoto repeat as mvps - The Real Truth

MVP winners Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, left, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Orix Buffaloes chat during the 2022 pro baseball awards ceremony in Tokyo on Friday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows' record-setting slugger Munetaka Murakami was unanimously voted 2022 Central League MVP on Friday, while Orix Buffaloes hurler Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned the Pacific League honor, both men reaping their respective awards for the second straight year.

Murakami, 22, notched up 56 home runs during the season, beating the record held by Yomiuri Giants legend Sadaharu Oh for the most home runs by a Japanese pro baseball player that had stood since 1964.

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