 Famed Japanese baseball player Hideki Matsui (qv), a member of the  New York Yankees since 2003, appears as himself. He. hits the  massive home run as Kiriyu is flown towards Godzilla for the first  time and helps a group of children get to a safe place during the  sequence when Shinagawas population is evacuated to make room for  the fighting monsters. Matsuis nickname in Japan is "Gojira  (Godzilla)."