was a professional Japanese right-handed

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 ...

. He played for the

Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...

. On 23 September 2016, it was announced that Iwata was to retire from professional baseball.

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1987 births Living people Baseball people from Gifu Prefecture Meiji University alumni Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Chunichi Dragons players Navegantes del Magallanes players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Japanese expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Sportspeople from Gifu {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub