is a professional Japanese

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

player. He plays

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

for the

Saitama Seibu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...

. He previously played in NPB for the

Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...

and

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a ...

Professional career

Yomiuri Giants

On October 25, 2012, Kumon was drafted by the

in the

2012 Nippon Professional Baseball draft The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 25, , for the 48th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Toshiba with official n ...

. On September 25, 2013, he made his debut as a

relief pitcher In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed because of fatigue (medical), fatigue, ineffectiveness, injury, or ejection (sports), ejection, or for other strategic ...

in the

Central League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consist ...

against the

Tokyo Yakult Swallows The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Yom ...

. In 2013 - 2016 season, Kumon pitched 15 games in the Central League.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

On November 2, 2016, Kumon and Taishi Ohta was traded to the

in exchange for Mitsuo Yoshikawa and Shingo Ishikawa. In 2017 season, he finished the regular season with a 41 Games pitched, a 3–0 Win–loss record, a 2.70 ERA, a 3 Holds, a 33 strikeouts in 36.2 innings. In 2018 season, he finished the regular season with a 57 Games pitched, a 2–0 Win–loss record, a 2.17 ERA, a 11 Holds, a 52 strikeouts in 54.0 innings. On August 29, 2019, Kumon broke the NPB record for undefeated pitchers in 165 games. In 2019 season, he finished the regular season with a 61 Games pitched, a 2–0 Win–loss record, a 3.96 ERA, a 17 Holds, a one Save, a 31 strikeouts in 52.1 innings. In 2020 season, he finished the regular season with a 29 Games pitched, a 0–2 Win–loss record, a 7.88 ERA, a 8 Holds, a one Save, a 19 strikeouts in 24.0 innings.

Saitama Seibu Lions

On August 12, 2021, Kumon and Shota Hiranuma was traded to the

in exchange for

Fumikazu Kimura Fumikazu Kimura (木村文紀, born September 13, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played in NPB for the Saitama Seibu Lions. Profess ...

and Ryusei Satoh.

References

External links

Career statistics - NPB.jp
1992 births Living people Baseball people from Kōchi Prefecture Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Saitama Seibu Lions players Yomiuri Giants players {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub