is a former Japanese professional

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 t ...

player. He played

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

Yokohama DeNA BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its current ...

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1986 births Living people Baseball people from Ibaraki Prefecture Waseda University alumni Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Yokohama BayStars players Yokohama DeNA BayStars players Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub