Yuki Yanagita was named to his fourth Pacific League All-Star team on Monday, when the results of this year's fan ballot were announced by Nippon Professional Baseball.
It is the third time that fans have put the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks center fielder on an All-Star roster and it will be his fourth All-Star series. Yanagita received an NPB-high of 509,359 votes in the annual popularity contest.
After winning the PL MVP Award in 2015, Yanagita missed over 20 games last season due to injury and saw his home run production plummet.