Hiroyuki Nakajima (中島 裕之, Nakajima Hiroyuki?, born July 31, 1982 in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan) is a shortstop for the Oakland Athletics.
Nakajima played in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic for the Japanese national team and is regarded as one of the most talented young stars in Japanese professional baseball today. After the 2011 season, his Japanese team, the Seibu Lions, posted Nakajima to Major League Baseball, but Nakajima failed to reach an agreement with the New York Yankees. On December 17, 2012 he signed a two-year contract with the Oakland A's, champions of the Western Division of the American League.
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