[1] Born in Tokyo, Enomoto attended Waseda Vocational High School.

Other alumnus of the school include Hiroshi Arakawa, Akihiko Ohya, Daisuke Araki and Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, who would pitch against Enomoto in the 1971 Japan Series.

[citation needed] Straight out of high school, Enomoto started his career by winning the 1955 Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award.

[citation needed] He set records for batters coming directly out of high school in runs, hits, doubles, walks and on-base percentage.

His stats rose in 1959, playing in his fifth-straight all-star game and receiving his second Best Nine Award after hitting .276.

Aged 31 years and 7 months, he was the youngest player ever to reach the mark and the 3rd all-time.

[citation needed] Despite qualifying for the Meikyukai, Enomoto never participated in their activities and is not deemed a member.

He died of colon cancer in 2012 and was posthumously inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.