Tadahito Iguchi
In 2001, his junior year, Murata led his team to the finals of the All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series in June and was chosen to the Japanese team that would play in the 30th Japan-United States University Baseball Championship Series to be held later that month. He tied a Tohto University Baseball League record for most home runs in a single season (previously held by current Chiba Lotte Marines second baseman Tadahito Iguchi) with eight that fall.