is a professional Japanese

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player. He plays

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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 ...

. He previously 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) ...

Career

Amateur career

Kashara was admitted to

Niigata University of Health and Welfare Niigata University of Health and Welfare is a private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive ...

without consideration for his baseball talent and was able to, over time, increase his velocity from throwing in the mid 130s (km/h) to throwing in the high 140s (km/h).In the 2016 university fall league, he achieved a 0.72 ERA, claimed the most wins title and was chosen in the Best 9.

Chunichi Dragons

Kasahara was the 4th pick for the

at the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

On 9 December 2022, Kasahara was traded for

Seiya Hosokawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons. He previously played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. On 9 December 2022, Hosokawa was traded to the Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball t ...

in the 2022 Current Player Draft.

International career

On October 10, 2018, he was selected

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at the

2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series The 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the twelfth edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-six series between an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) and for the second time in series history, the Japanese national team, Sam ...

References

1995 births Living people Chunichi Dragons players Yokohama DeNA BayStars players Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Baseball people from Niigata Prefecture {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub