is a professional Japanese

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player. He plays

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for the

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Early career

On 20 October 2017, Suzuki was selected as the 1st draft pick for the

at the 2017 NPB Draft and on 20 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥100,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥15,000,000 yearly salary with ¥50,000,000 in incentives.

Personal

Suzuki's hobbies include golf, basketball and cycling. Suzuki counts former

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and

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closer

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as his idol. He deliberately chose to wear the number 46 as an homage to Kimbrel. On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Suzuki had married.

References

1997 births Living people Baseball people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Chunichi Dragons players People from Kakegawa, Shizuoka {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub