is a

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professional

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who is currently a free agent. He has previously played in

Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league ...

(NPB) for the

Tokyo Yakult Swallows The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams in Tokyo, the other being the Yomiuri G ...

and

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 n ...

Career

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

selected Kazahari with the third selection in the 2014 NPB draft. On May 3, 2015, Kazahari made his NPB debut. On December 2, 2020, he became a free agent.

Yokohama DeNA BayStars

On December 10, 2020, Kazahari signed with

of NPB. Kazahari made five appearances for Yokohama in 2021, but struggled to a 7.71 ERA with six strikeouts over seven innings of work.

Wild Health Genomes

On February 23, 2022, Kazahari signed with the

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of the

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. Kazahari pitched in 4 games for the Genomes, struggling to a 9.64 ERA with 5 strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched. He was released by the team on August 1.https://www.atlanticleague.com/stats/transactions/

References

External links

NPB.com
1993 births Living people Baseball people from Iwate Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Tokyo Yakult Swallows players Yokohama DeNA BayStars players {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub