Introduction
Kensuke Kondo (近藤 健介, Kondō Kensuke) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
He debuted in 2012 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He had 7 runs.
While not accumulating enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title, Kondo hit .413 in 2017. He was selected 2018 NPB All-Star game.
Through 2019, he batted .304/.402/.416.
International career
Kondo represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2019 exhibition games against Mexico, and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On February 27, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12. He led the tournament with nine walks.