This week, Suzuki returned to his hometown of Tokyo, representing the Cubs in his fourth MLB season. “My goal is to stay in this league and play for as long as I can, until my body stops working,” Suzuki said. “Here [in MLB] it’s so hard with age, but also, whenever your performance drops, there’s always that next guy up.”

Seiya Suzuki remembers being in the Tokyo Dome when Hideki Matsui returned with the Yankees as part of MLB’s season-opening series in 2004. Matsui launched a mammoth home run deep into the right-field stands and a 9-year-old Suzuki was within the wild,

Ahead of the MLB's Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki went to batting practice with a katana in a viral video shared by the team. Suzuki, a native of Arakawa,

Chicago Cubs star Seiya Suzuki has taken training to a new level after swapping his baseball bat for a samurai sword.

Chicago Cubs star outfielder Seiya Suzuki returns to Japan and goes to batting practice using a samurai sword.