The 2025 MLB Baseball Hall of Fame vote was announced today (22nd), although Ichiro Suzuki was not unanimously elected by 1 vote, but in the eyes of fans, players, coaches, and team executives, Ichiro Suzuki is a well-deserved Hall of Fame legend, and he also proved with his hard work and strength that it was the right decision to come to the United States to work hard.

Ichiro Suzuki received 393 of the 394 votes with a 99.7 percent vote, and he was joined in the Hall of Fame by two left-pitchers, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Upon learning that he became the first person in history to be inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame from Japan and even Asia, Suzuki said, "I didn't even know if I would have a chance to play in the major leagues, so being a Hall of Famer was a great honor for me, and it was a very special day."

For Ichiro Suzuki, these few days have undoubtedly been the most glorious moment of his baseball life, as he was inducted into the Japan Baseball Hall of Fame, the new member of the Japan Wild Ball Hall of Fame, and now a new member of the American Baseball Hall of Fame.

From the days of the Japanese ORIX to the landing in the major leagues through the bidding system, Ichiro Suzuki has not only repeatedly established great achievements on the court with his consistent love and hard work for baseball, but also maintained a humble attitude, so he has won the love of baseball fans on both sides of the Pacific and around the world.

Ichiro Suzuki's achievements in the major leagues during his 19 years are beyond description, and the most amazing and amazing thing is that after he came to the United States at the age of 27, he was able to reach the milestone of 3000 A, which most players have not been able to reach from the beginning of their 20s to retirement, which can show that he not only has talent and hard work, but also has a strong will to self-demand and keep his body ready for the game.

In 2022, when Ichiro Suzuki said in an interview with the American media that he wanted to come to the United States to challenge after playing his first major league season, he expressed his mentality of wanting to come to the United States to challenge: "As a player from Japan, a player who won the strike king in Japan for seven consecutive years, and then became the first fielder to challenge Major League Baseball, I knew that I would be scrutinized, and Japanese baseball would also be scrutinized on my performance. If I don't make a difference, people will judge Japanese baseball at a lower level, so there's pressure, and that's what I have to do."

Ichiro Suzuki has proven that he has broken through this tremendous pressure, and has influenced the subsequent Japanese players to continue to challenge the major leagues, and many of them have achieved great things, which are all huge and invisible influences that he has bringed.

In an interview with the official website of the major leagues today, Ichiro Suzuki's former sailor teammate and Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. interviewed and congratulated him, and also looked forward to meeting him at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 28.

Ken Griffey Jr.'s real name is George Kenneth Griffey Jr., and Ichiro Suzuki can still remember his real name at this time when the two of them met, which shows his focus and love for all things around baseball in his life.