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 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 2011 ...

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) – 1987–1997

Variety show

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

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...

) – 1997–1998

Game show

* ''Sekai Fushigi Hakken!'' ( TBS) – 1986––present * ''Magical Brain Power !! '' ( Nippon TV) – 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 Stardust Promotion artists {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub