is a retired Japanese pitcher who played his entire career in

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 ...

for the

Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur ...

in Japan's

Pacific League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consis ...

Career

He was drafted in the 2006 NPB Draft by the

after pitching for Japan in the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. In 2007, Komatsu was 1-0 with a 2.53 ERA in eight relief appearances, striking out 13 in 10 IP. He had a huge year in 2008, going 15-3 for a team that was otherwise under .500; he had a 2.51 ERA and allowed 134 hits in 172 IP. He finished third in the

in ERA and wins, behind

Hisashi Iwakuma is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes from 2000 to 2004, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2005 to 2011, and Yomiuri Giants in 2019, and all of h ...

and

Yu Darvish , more commonly known as Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ有), is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Darvish has also played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and ...

in both categories. His 151 strikeouts placed him 5th and was named Rookie of the Year that season, being a unanimous pick.

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Living people 1981 births Baseball people from Fukushima Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Orix Buffaloes players 2009 World Baseball Classic players Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub