2003年度 MVP賞

2003年度東京ドームMVP賞が決定！

On December 5th, the 2003 Tokyo Dome MVP Award ceremony was held at TOKYO DOME HOTEL.

This award is given annually to one player from each of the two teams, the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Ham Fighters, whose home stadiums are the Tokyo Dome BIG EGG, to the player who has achieved the most outstanding results in the official games held at Tokyo Dome that year.

This year, the 24th time the award has been given, the winners were Tomohiro Nioka from the Yomiuri Giants and Michihiro Ogasawara from the Nippon Ham Fighters. Both players were presented with a prize of 3 million yen each by Ariatsu Hayashi, President and CEO of Tokyo Dome Corporation.

Tokyo Dome MVP Award: Tomohiro Nioka
Tokyo Dome MVP Award: Michihiro Ogasawara

Comment from winner

2003年度東京ドームMVP賞Yomiuri Giants player Tomohiro Nioka

Unfortunately, the team missed out on the championship this season, but personally, I achieved my best results in my fifth year as a professional. And more than anything, I am very happy and honored that my performance at our home stadium, Tokyo Dome, was highly praised.

The most memorable thing about this season is that I was able to hit a home run in three consecutive at-bats. I will think about how to spend the 3 million yen prize money from now on. I will do my best to win this award again next year and to help my team win the championship, so please support me.

Results at the 2003 Tokyo Dome official games

Number of matches	62
batting average	.311
Home Run	13
RBI	33

Nioka's star memorial plate

2003年度東京ドームMVP賞Nippon Ham Fighters Team Player Michihiro Ogasawara

This year was the last year that we played at Tokyo Dome, so I really wanted to win the Tokyo Dome MVP award. To be honest, I feel more relieved than happy.

My best memory at Tokyo Dome was winning this award five years in a row. I'm proud of this and want to go wild in Hokkaido. From next season, we will move to Sapporo, but we will still play at Tokyo Dome, so please come and see how we've grown.