1993 Takara Japanese baseball rookie card for Hideki Matsui.
Takara cards were a form of game card sold in Japan in team sets - so this only was released in the team box.
This one got a 1.5 grade from SGC, in part due to some slight blue highlighting on back.
Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, Matsui Hideki; born June 12, 1974), nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. His NPB debut was May 1, 1993, for the Yomiuri Giants, and his MLB debut was 10 years later.
During his 20-year playing career, Matsui hit 507 home runs, 332 in NPB and 175 in MLB. In 2018, Matsui was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.