(born August 24, 1976 in

Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 116,511 in 64301 households and a population density of 9680 persons per km2. The total ar ...

) is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

player. He played for the

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stadi ...

from 1999 to 2003. In the 1999 draft, he was selected as the number 1 overall pick.

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* 1976 births Living people Baseball people from Osaka Prefecture People from Kadoma, Osaka Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes players Yokohama BayStars players 1998 Baseball World Cup players {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub