Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto, who once played 13,686 consecutive innings, announced on Wednesday that he would retire at the end of this season.
"I find myself feeling that I've reached my limit," he said at a press conference in Hyogo Prefecture.
"On top of that, the team is in the process of getting younger. In the midst of that, I'm ashamed because I can no longer perform up to the levels I had achieved at my peak."