Yoshiro Hikichi

[ReLaxin 13]

Anyone notice Chicago picked him up? Supposedly he played for Team Japan in the World Championships a couple years back.

[Formerlaxdemon]

Yes, he was number 182 in the draft and is a defenseman. I actually am impressed to see a Japanese player in the MLL. I had always thought thought that the Japanese would be naturals in lacrosse and look forward to seeing what he can do, although I will be rooting for the Bayhawks as usual.

[Laxin2266]

I tink that pretty sweet to have a japanese guy in the league. There is allready a thread on this.

[tomahawks11]

that is awesome... anybody remember that asian guy that ran a play with the seahawks in the NFL a while back???? lol that would be funny if it turned out just like that

[jmplax31]

This is the second time a Japanese player has been drafted. An attackman was drafted in the 2003 Supp. Draft. I THINK it might have been the Hawks'. He did make it.

[aussielax]

This is the second time a Japanese player has been drafted. An attackman was drafted in the 2003 Supp. Draft. I THINK it might have been the Hawks'. He did make it.

Yeah i remember this happening to and i'm pretty sure it was to Baltimore.

[adam]

The guy you are referring to was Shinya Maruyama ... he was a graduate of Nippon college in Japan (I think in '97)... He was drafted by Baltimore but ended up getting cut from the team.

[Mad-Max]

This is pretty cool to hear, it'll be intresting to see how he does. U of Michigan has a brother team over in Tokyo, and they come in once a year, its pretty cool to see in person how much this sport is growing. And I also had to do a project on Japan last year, ended up doing it on Japanese Lacrosse.

[naolax]

hey guys, Yoshiro is pretty good guy. I played with him for a couple years in college and in Japan National team. Im looking foward to seeing him beating M.Millon in Baltimore. Cheers,