is a Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player and Youtuber. He pitched many innings in his high school career. The

Japan High School Baseball Federation The Japan High School Baseball Federation (財団法人日本高等学校野球連盟 ''zaidan hōjin nihon kōtō gakkō yakyū renmei'') is the governing body of high school baseball in Japan, and is composed of the High School Baseball Federatio ...

was afraid that he would injure his arm, so they set a new rematch rule in 1958. However, he pitched 18 innings in a 1958 quarterfinal game, which resulted in the first rematch in the National High School Baseball Championship. He reached the final, but didn't win. His record of 83 strikeouts in the tournament remains unbroken. He joined

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 ...

but it is said that he didn't regain his pitching strength. He can't extend his elbow even now.

Works

Singles

* "Moeyo Dragons!" – 1974

Information

* ''Doyō Daisuki! 830'' (

Kansai TV JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdin ...

) – 1987–1997

Variety show

* ''Sunday Dragons'' ( CBC) – 1983––present * ''Unbelievable'' (

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network S ...

) – 1997–1998

Game show

* ''Sekai Fushigi Hakken!'' ( TBS) – 1986––present * ''Magical Brain Power !! '' (

Nippon TV JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed ...

) – 1990–1999, 2001

References

1940 births Japanese male actors Baseball people from Tokushima Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Chunichi Dragons players Japanese people from Manchukuo Living people Former Stardust Promotion artists {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub