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Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

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 ...

starting pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

. He made his debut in and wears the uniform number 14.

External links

NPB.com
1981 births Living people People from Suita Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Orix Buffaloes players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{japan-baseball-pitcher-stub