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Japan">Aichi, Japan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Left</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Left</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">NPB Pacific League debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">1982, for the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last NPB Pacific League appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">2010, for the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">NPB statistics <br />(through 2010)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">224–142</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.45</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Shutouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Shutouts">Shutouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">24</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">Innings pitched</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3,336.2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">2,859</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1981</a>–<a href="/wiki/1994_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1994</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</a> (<a 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Baseball season">2010</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As manager</b> </p> <ul><li>Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (<a href="/wiki/2015_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2015</a>–2021)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki_Award" title="Matsutaro Shoriki Award">Matsutaro Shoriki Award</a> (1987)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> (1993, 1999)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Series MVP">Japan Series MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1986_Japan_Series" title="1986 Japan Series">1986</a>–<a href="/wiki/1987_Japan_Series" title="1987 Japan Series">1987</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Best_Nine_Award" title="Best Nine Award">Best Nine</a> (1987, 1993, 2000)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_Golden_Glove_Award" title="Mitsui Golden Glove Award">Gold Glove</a> (1994–1995, 1999)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_earned_run_average_champions" title="List of Nippon Professional Baseball earned run average champions">Pacific League ERA Champion</a> (1985, 1987, 1993, 1999)</li> <li>2× Pacific League Strikeout Champion (1996, 1999)</li> <li>10× <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_All-Star_Series" title="Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series">All-Star</a> (1986–1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999–2000, 2004–2005)</li> <li>11× <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> Champion (<a href="/wiki/1982_Japan_Series" title="1982 Japan Series">1982</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_Japan_Series" title="1983 Japan Series">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_Japan_Series" title="1986 Japan Series">1986</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988_Japan_Series" title="1988 Japan Series">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Japan_Series" title="1990 Japan Series">1990</a>–<a href="/wiki/1992_Japan_Series" title="1992 Japan Series">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Japan_Series" title="1999 Japan Series">1999</a>–<a href="/wiki/2000_Japan_Series" title="2000 Japan Series">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Japan_Series" title="2002 Japan Series">2002</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As manager</b> </p> <ul><li>4× <a href="/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki_Award" title="Matsutaro Shoriki Award">Matsutaro Shoriki Award</a> (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020)</li> <li>5× Japan Series Champion (<a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_Series" title="2015 Japan Series">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_Series" title="2017 Japan Series">2017</a>–<a href="/wiki/2020_Japan_Series" title="2020 Japan Series">2020</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-member-header"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Induction</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;">2016</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kimiyasu Kudo</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">工藤公康</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kudō Kimiyasu</i></span>, born May 5, 1963)</span> is a Japanese former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> and the former manager of the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a>. Known for his longevity as a player, he holds the NPB records for longest career with 29 seasons played, most consecutive seasons with at least one win with 23 and is the oldest pitcher to strike out 10 batters in a game, doing so at the age of 41 years and 11 months. In his career, he recorded 224 wins, a 3.45 ERA and 2,859 strike outs. However, despite all his accolades, he is famously known for having never won the <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a>, given to Japan's top pitcher. </p><p>Kudo has been a part of 16 <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championships, 11 as a player and 5 as a manager. As a player, he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions#Golden_Age_(1982–1994)" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions Golden Age</a>, winning 8 championships in 11 years, and won one championship with <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</a> and two with <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>. As a manager, he led the Hawks to five Japan Series championships in six years, winning in <a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_Series" title="2015 Japan Series">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_Series" title="2017 Japan Series">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_Series" title="2018 Japan Series">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Japan_Series" title="2019 Japan Series">2019</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2020_Japan_Series" title="2020 Japan Series">2020</a>. Kudo has won the <a href="/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki_Award" title="Matsutaro Shoriki Award">Matsutaro Shoriki Award</a>, given annually to the person who is deemed to have contributed the most to <a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_Japan" title="Baseball in Japan">baseball in Japan</a>, 4 times, once as a player in 1987 and 3 times as a manager in 2015, 2018 and 2019. He was also known as the last active player on the Lions from the "<a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions#Golden_Age_(1982–1994)" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Invincible Seibu</a>" era. </p><p>Kudo was born in <a href="/wiki/Aichi_Prefecture" title="Aichi Prefecture">Aichi Prefecture</a>, Japan. For the English spelling of his last name, "Kudo" and "Kudoh" are used regularly and interchangeably. Technically, both are correct as there is no straight letter-for-letter translation because it is a series of Japanese characters. His preference for the spelling on the back of his uniform was "Kudoh" as a player and "Kudo" as a manager. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1981-1994:_Seibu_Lions">1981-1994: Seibu Lions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1981-1994: Seibu Lions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1981-84:_Early_years_with_Seibu">1981-84: Early years with Seibu</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1981-84: Early years with Seibu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kudo was a 6th-round pick in the 1980 draft, and signed a contract with the Lions when his father was given a job by team owner <a href="/wiki/Yoshiaki_Tsutsumi" title="Yoshiaki Tsutsumi">Yoshiaki Tsutsumi</a>. He made his NPB debut with the parent club in 1981. He was used as a reliever in his first three seasons. The Lions were a strong club at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions#Golden_Age_(1982–1994)" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Golden Age</a>, and won the 1982 and 1983 Japan Series championships. Kudo made one appearance in each series. In game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/1982_Japan_Series" title="1982 Japan Series">1982 Japan Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a>, he pitched one inning and did not allow a run. The Lions defeated the Dragons in 5 games, 4–2.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/1983_Japan_Series" title="1983 Japan Series">1983 Japan Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>, he pitched one inning, recorded one strikeout and gave up one run. The Lions defeated the Giants in 7 games, 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1985-1987:_Rise_to_fame">1985-1987: Rise to fame</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1985-1987: Rise to fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kudo's breakout season was in 1985, when he earned a starting role and went 8–3, striking out 104 in 137 innings pitched. He won the Pacific League ERA title in his first year as a starter in NPB with a 2.76 ERA. At the <a href="/wiki/1985_Japan_Series" title="1985 Japan Series">1985 Japan Series</a> the Lions lost to the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a> in 6 games, 4–2. In game 1, Kudo came in relief with two runners on, pitched <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> inning and gave up a 3-run home run to <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a> and took the loss. He started game 3, pitched 3 innings and gave up 3 runs. In game 6, he came in relief, tossed <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings and gave up 1 run.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kudo made his first All-Star team the next season in 1986. His wins total was 10, and his ERA was 3.22. In the <a href="/wiki/1986_Japan_Series" title="1986 Japan Series">1986 Japan Series</a>, the Lions defeated the <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a> in 8 games. 4-3-1. In four appearances, Kudo went 1-1 and earned 2 saves with a 1.20 ERA in 15 innings to earn the Japan Series MVP. In game 2, he gave up 2 runs, and struck out 7 batters in 7 innings. The offense generated one run and he took the loss. In game 5, Kudo came in relief to begin the top of the 10th inning of a 1–1 tie game. He threw 3 innings, struck out 5, did not allow a run and earned the win when the Lions walked-off in the bottom of the 12th. In game 6, Kudo came in relief to start the seventh inning of a 2-run game. He threw 3 innings, struck out 5, did not allow a run and earned the save. In game 8, Kudo came in relief to begin the eighth inning with a 3–2 lead. He pitched the final 2 innings, did not allow a run and got the save.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, Kudo notched his first of three seasons with 15 or more wins (15-4, 2.41, 175 strikeouts). He tossed a career-high <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">223<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, one of two times he crossed the 200-inning plateau. He won the ERA title and was an All-Star selection, but lost the <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a> to <a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Masumi Kuwata</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> (15-6, 2.17, 207 IP, 151 strikeouts). </p><p>In a matchup between the Giants and the Lions in the <a href="/wiki/1987_Japan_Series" title="1987 Japan Series">1987 Japan Series</a>, the Lions would come out on top in 6 games, 4–2. Kudo was named the Japan Series MVP for the second consecutive year after he gave up one run in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">18<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings for a 0.48 ERA. In game 2, he earned the win with a complete-game shutout. In game 5, he got the save, coming in with one out in the ninth with a 3–1 lead. In game 6, Kudo threw his second complete game of the series, giving up 1 run, his only run of the series, and striking out 7 batters.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the season, Kudo was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki_Award" title="Matsutaro Shoriki Award">Matsutaro Shoriki Award</a>, given annually to the person who is deemed to have contributed the most to baseball in Japan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1988–1990:_Inconsistency_and_injury"><span id="1988.E2.80.931990:_Inconsistency_and_injury"></span>1988–1990: Inconsistency and injury</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1988–1990: Inconsistency and injury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the next two years, Kudo posted mediocre records (10-10, 3.79 in 1988, 4–8, 4.96 in 1989). The 1989 season was the first time in his career that he had a losing record, and would not post another losing season until 1996. He rebounded in 1990 with a 9–2 record, but missed significant time due to injury. It was the first time since 1984 that Kudo failed to reach 100 innings. The Lions were still in the midst of their <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions#Golden_Age_(1982–1994)" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Golden Age</a> and won the Japan Series in 1988 and 1990. </p><p>Kudo made one appearance in the <a href="/wiki/1988_Japan_Series" title="1988 Japan Series">1988 Japan Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a>. In game 3, he threw a complete game, gave up three runs, struck out four batters and earned the win. The Lions defeated the Dragons in 5 games, 4–1.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kudo made one appearance in the <a href="/wiki/1990_Japan_Series" title="1990 Japan Series">1990 Japan Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>. In game 2, he pitched <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, gave up 3 runs and struck out 3 batters. The Lions swept the Giants in 4 games, 4–0.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1991-1994:_Cementing_greatness,_missing_Sawamura"><span id="1991-1994:_Cementing_greatness.2C_missing_Sawamura"></span>1991-1994: Cementing greatness, missing Sawamura</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1991-1994: Cementing greatness, missing Sawamura"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kudo posted a career-high in wins with 16, and got his ERA under 3.00 for the first time since 1987 (2.82). In <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">175<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, Kudo struck out 151 batters. Despite his efforts, he ended up losing out to <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Sasaoka" title="Shinji Sasaoka">Shinji Sasaoka</a> (17-9, 2.44, 240 IP, 213 strikeouts) of the <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a> for the Sawamura Award. </p><p>The two aces would meet each other in the <a href="/wiki/1991_Japan_Series" title="1991 Japan Series">1991 Japan Series</a>, as the Lions defeated the Carp in 7 games, 4–3. In game 1, Kudo and Sasaoka went against each other, with Kudo coming out on top. He pitched a complete game, struck out seven batters and gave up three runs, only one earned, while Sasaoka went <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings and gave up 5 runs. In game 5, Kudo pitched 7 innings, struck out 4 batters and gave up 3 runs, but the Lions offense was shutout and he took the loss. In game 7, Kudo came in relief to start the top of the 5th and threw the final 5 innings of the series, striking out 4 batters and not allowing a run to earn the win. In the series, Kudo went 2–1 in 21 innings pitched with a 1.71 ERA and 15 strikeouts.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the next three years, Kudo continued to pitch at a high level for Seibu. In 1992, he went 11–5 with a 3.52 ERA. He struck out 133 batters in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">150<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings pitched. Kudo was hurt for the <a href="/wiki/1992_Japan_Series" title="1992 Japan Series">1992 Japan Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Yakult_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakult Swallows">Yakult Swallows</a>, but made one appearance. In game 6, he pitched <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, struck out 2 batters and gave up 2 runs. The Lions defeated Swallows in 7 games, 4–3, and won their 8th championship in 11 years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kudo was named the Pacific League MVP in 1993, going 15–3 with a 2.06 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 170 innings pitched. He lost out on the Sawamura Award, this time to <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> lefty <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Imanaka" title="Shinji Imanaka">Shinji Imanaka</a> (17-7, 2.20, 249 IP, 247 strikeouts), despite having a lower ERA and fewer losses. In the <a href="/wiki/1993_Japan_Series" title="1993 Japan Series">1993 Japan Series</a> in a rematch against the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Yakult Swallows</a>, he made 3 appearances and gave up 4 runs in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings pitched. The Swallows defeated the Lions in 7 games, 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994, Kudo went 11–7 with a 3.44 ERA and 124 strikeouts in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">130<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings pitched. The Sawamura Award went to <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Yamamoto_(baseball)" title="Masahiro Yamamoto (baseball)">Masahiro Yamamoto</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> who went 19–8 with a 3.49 ERA and 148 strikeouts in 214 innings pitched. Kudo received credit for his fielding and won his first Gold Glove. In the <a href="/wiki/1994_Japan_Series" title="1994 Japan Series">1994 Japan Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>, Kudo made 2 appearances, pitched <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">12<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, giving up 2 runs for a 1.46 ERA and struck out 10 batters. In game 2, he pitched 7 innings, gave up one run, none earned, and struck out 7 batters. Despite his performance, the Lions offense was shutout and he took the loss. In game 6, he pitched <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, gave up 2 runs and struck out 3 batters. The Giants defeated the Lions in 6 games, 4–2.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kudo's contract was up at the end of the 1994 season and he decided to depart after 13 years with the Lions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–1999:_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks"><span id="1995.E2.80.931999:_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks"></span>1995–1999: Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1995–1999: Fukuoka Daiei Hawks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1995-1998:_Rebuilding_the_Hawks">1995-1998: Rebuilding the Hawks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1995-1998: Rebuilding the Hawks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</a> had a history of being in the cellar of the Pacific League. In order to turn things around, the front office, led by team president Ryuzo Setoyama, adopted a strategy of signing veteran free agents from winning teams and using them to mentor younger players. Kudoh, who won 8 championships in 11 seasons with the Lions and was one of the top pitchers in NPB, fit the mold perfectly. He joined the Hawks, along with his fellow Lions teammates <a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Koji Akiyama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hiromichi_Ishige" title="Hiromichi Ishige">Hiromichi Ishige</a>, to bring a winning culture to the organization. </p><p>Even though the Hawks had been one of the worst teams in Japan for the better part of a decade, an incentive was that the legendary <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> slugger <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> was going to be the manager. Kudoh initiated a gradual turnaround by the long-hapless Daiei Hawks. He lowered his ERA in each season (3.64, 3.51, 3.35, 3.07, 2.38) and the Hawks became more competitive in each successive year by increasing their win total (54, 54, 63, 67). </p><p>In 1995, Kudoh was pegged as the team ace and he responded, going 12–5 with a 3.64 ERA. He also won his second gold glove. Kudo was victimized by awful run support in 1996. Despite lowering his ERA to 3.51, pitching <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">202<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings (the second-highest total in his career) and leading the Pacific League with 178 strikeouts, Kudoh lost the highest number of games in his career, going 8-15. Kudoh bounced back in 1997, going 11–6 with a 3.35 ERA in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">161<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, and was named an All-Star. In 1998, he went 7–4 with a 3.07 ERA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1999:_Pacific_League_MVP,_Japan_Series_Title_and_gold_glove"><span id="1999:_Pacific_League_MVP.2C_Japan_Series_Title_and_gold_glove"></span>1999: Pacific League MVP, Japan Series Title and gold glove</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1999: Pacific League MVP, Japan Series Title and gold glove"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1999 season for the Hawks culminated in a Japan Series title and ended the organization's long drought since 1964. The Hawks won the Pacific League with a 78-54-3 record, an 11-game win improvement from the previous season. Kudoh went 11–7 in 196.1 innings pitched and led the Pacific League in ERA (2.38) and strikeouts (196). He won his third gold glove and was named Pacific League MVP, but the coveted Sawamura Award went to <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Koji Uehara</a> (20-4, 2.09, 197.2 IP, 179 strikeouts), despite Kudo recording more strikeouts. As the team's ace, Kudo started the first game of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Japan_Series" title="1999 Japan Series">1999 Japan Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a>. He struck out 13 batters in a complete-game shutout and earned the win. He was not needed the rest of the way as the Dragons took game two, but the Hawks responded with the three consecutive wins to claim the title.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kudo's contract was up after the season and despite an inspired attempt to keep him, the Hawks could not retain him. Instead, he signed with the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>, and was reunited with another former Seibu teammate, <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Kiyohara" title="Kazuhiro Kiyohara">Kazuhiro Kiyohara</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2006:_Yomiuri_Giants"><span id="2000.E2.80.932006:_Yomiuri_Giants"></span>2000–2006: Yomiuri Giants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2000–2006: Yomiuri Giants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2000-2002:_10th_and_11th_Championship">2000-2002: 10th and 11th Championship</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2000-2002: 10th and 11th Championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Showing that he had plenty of good pitching left in him, Kudoh continued his winning ways, even after moving to the non-DH <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> for the first time. Having never had to bat in his first 18 seasons as a pitcher, Kudoh infamously went 84 straight at-bats without recording a hit during his first season with Yomiuri. However, Kudoh showed that he was signed for his pitching and his big contract was worth it. He won 11 games and struck out 148 with a 3.11 ERA in 136 innings. He was named in the <a href="/wiki/Best_Nine_Award" title="Best Nine Award">Best Nine Award</a>, but the Sawamura Award was not awarded as the committee deemed that nobody was worth to win the coveted award. Up to that point, it had only happened 3 times in its history (1971, 1980, 1984). </p><p>The real attraction for Kudo in 2000 came when he ended up facing the team he had played for one year prior, the defending champion Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Japan_Series" title="2000 Japan Series">2000 Japan Series</a>. Kudo only made one appearance in the series. In game 1, Kudo received a no decision after he threw 7 innings, gave up 3 runs and struck out 8 batters. The Giants won 4 straight games after losing the first 2 at Fukuoka Dome for Kudoh's 10th Japan Series victory.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2001 season was one to forget for Kudo as he posted career-worsts pretty much across the board. He missed significant time due to injury and ended the season with a 1–3 record and an 8.44 ERA. He also threw a career-low <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">21<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings. </p><p>After putting up with significant rehab time, the lefty rounded back into winning form in 2002. The workload he was originally going to be pegged with was greatly alleviated thanks to a rejuvenated <a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Masumi Kuwata</a> and continued production of hotshot youngster <a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Koji Uehara</a>, as the trio formed the front end of the Giants rotation. Despite coming back from injury, he threw <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">170<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, his highest total since 1999. Also, for the first time since the 1999 season, Kudoh posted an ERA under 3.00 at 2.91. </p><p>Kudoh was part of a Japan Series-winning team for the 11th time in <a href="/wiki/2002_Japan_Series" title="2002 Japan Series">2002</a>. This time, he was on the other side the Giants-Lions rivalry as the Giants defeated the Lions in the Japan Series for the first time since 1994. In his only appearance, he got the start and earned the win in game 3, pitching 8 innings with 8 strikeouts and only giving up 2 runs. The Giants swept the Lions in 4 games.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2003-2006:_Final_Years_with_Yomiuri">2003-2006: Final Years with Yomiuri</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2003-2006: Final Years with Yomiuri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2002 season was the last time that Kudoh threw over 150 innings in his career and his ERA ballooned to 4.23 in 2003. From 2003 until 2005, he would see his ERA rise every year (4.67 in 2004, 4.70 in 2005). However, he did win at least 10 games in both years. His last season with Yomiuri in 2006 saw him once again miss significant time. He only made 13 appearances and finished 3–2 with a 4.50 ERA. His contract was not renewed by Yomiuri, but Kudoh still felt a desire to pitch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2009:_Yokohama_BayStars"><span id="2007.E2.80.932009:_Yokohama_BayStars"></span>2007–2009: Yokohama BayStars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2007–2009: Yokohama BayStars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kudo_Kimiyasu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kudo_Kimiyasu.jpg/170px-Kudo_Kimiyasu.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kudo_Kimiyasu.jpg/255px-Kudo_Kimiyasu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kudo_Kimiyasu.jpg/340px-Kudo_Kimiyasu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1690" /></a><figcaption>Kimiyasu with the <a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars" title="Yokohama DeNA BayStars">Yokohama BayStars</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Not yet satisfied to end his career, Kudoh would sign with the <a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars" title="Yokohama DeNA BayStars">Yokohama BayStars</a>. After pitching in domed stadiums from 1995 to 2006, Kudoh was pitching in the open-air <a href="/wiki/Yokohama_Stadium" title="Yokohama Stadium">Yokohama Stadium</a>, the first time he had pitched outdoors regularly since his last days with Seibu in 1994. The 2007 season was the first and only time that Kudoh pitched over 100 innings with the BayStars. As the team's #5 starter, not much was expected of Kudoh, yet he still went 7–6 with a 3.91 ERA in 19 appearances with the 'Stars. He also won at least one game for the 23rd consecutive season, breaking <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yoneda" title="Tetsuya Yoneda">Tetsuya Yoneda</a>'s previous record of 22 consecutive seasons with a win. </p><p>In 2008, despite off-season elbow surgery, Kudoh was still out to prove he had something left. However, he spent most of the season at <i>ni-gun</i> (Japanese minor leagues). He made a career-low 3 appearances and failed to record a win for the first time since 1984. However, he did set another record, becoming the longest-tenured player in Japanese baseball history with 27 seasons completed, breaking <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a>'s record of 26 seasons. A new personal best for appearances was in order for Kudoh in 2009, in what was also his final season with Yokohama and 28th overall. Used as a situational lefty, Kudoh did not have much success, as he went 2–3 with a 6.51 ERA and the cagey veteran also managed to strike out 24 batters in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">37<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010:_Saitama_Seibu_Lions">2010: Saitama Seibu Lions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2010: Saitama Seibu Lions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knowing that he did not have much left, Kudoh decided to return to where it all began for the 2010 season. Also in a career first for him, he did not take his signature #47, but instead took #55, as his number was taken by another Seibu lefty, <a href="/wiki/Kazuyuki_Hoashi" title="Kazuyuki Hoashi">Kazuyuki Hoashi</a>. Kudoh had a small role in an injury-riddled Lions bullpen, but was ineffective again, as he went 0–2 with a 10.50 ERA in 10 appearances and just six innings. He did, however, extend his streak for the longest career in NPB history at 29 seasons. He was released at the end of the season. </p><p>After the season, Kudoh once again had surgery on his left shoulder and was nursing a calf injury. Despite all of that, he still expressed a desire pitch for a team. Kudoh was not signed and did not play in the 2011 season. He was courted by Yokohama to be a player-manager, but ended up not taking the job. He officially announced his retirement from baseball on December 9, 2011, at 48 years of age. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managing_career">Managing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Managing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, Kudo was hired to be the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> to succeed former Lions and Hawks teammate <a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Koji Akiyama</a>, who retired from the position after winning the <a href="/wiki/2014_Japan_Series" title="2014 Japan Series">2014 Japan Series</a>. In his first six seasons, he has managed the Hawks to five Japan Series titles in <a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_Series" title="2015 Japan Series">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_Series" title="2017 Japan Series">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_Series" title="2018 Japan Series">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Japan_Series" title="2019 Japan Series">2019</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_Japan_Series" title="2020 Japan Series">2020</a>. Under Kudoh's stewardship, SoftBank won the title for the second consecutive season in 2015 over the Yakult Swallows. Outfielder <a href="/wiki/Yuki_Yanagita" title="Yuki Yanagita">Yuki Yanagita</a> won the Pacific League MVP and the batting title. It also marked the first time since the Seibu Lions won three in a row from 1990 to 1992, the teams that Kudoh was also a member of, that an organization had won consecutive Japan Series championships. </p><p>After falling to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2016 Pacific League Climax Series">2016 Pacific League Climax Series</a>, the Hawks won the 2017 Japan Series in six games over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, in a series where the Hawks led 3–0, but were almost pushed to a 7th game. The following year the Hawks also won the 2018 Japan Series against the Hiroshima Carp in six games, making it back-to-back titles for a 2nd time, and four out of the last five; the next year, they became the first team to win three straight Japan Series titles since the Seibu Lions did it from 1990 to 1992, the teams that Kudoh was also a member of, by sweeping the Yomiuri Giants.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2021 would be Kudo's last season managing the Hawks, going for a 60-62-21 record, the first time since 2013 the Hawks failed to qualify for the playoffs, and first time since 2008 the Hawks failed to maintain a .500 winning percentage season. Kudo would be replaced by former Nankai Hawks player <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Fujimoto_(baseball)" title="Hiroshi Fujimoto (baseball)">Hiroshi Fujimoto</a> for the upcoming 2022 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pitching_style">Pitching style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pitching style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With a high three-quarters delivery, Kudoh was a master at hiding the ball until release. While not known as a prolific strikeout pitcher (though he has two strikeout titles in NPB), he was capable of getting batters out reliably with soft contact. He covered his position well and was an excellent fielder, winning three <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_Golden_Glove_Award" title="Mitsui Golden Glove Award">gold gloves</a>. </p><p>Standing at 176 cm or 5'9" and weighing 80 kg or 176 lbs., Kudo was never known for overpowering pitches, even in his prime, as he topped out at 148 km/h or 92 mph. Kudoh instead relied on pinpoint control on his straight (four-seam) <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a> and an array of breaking pitches. Among his repertoire of breaking pitches were a late-breaking <a href="/wiki/Curveball" title="Curveball">curveball</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Slider_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slider (baseball)">slider</a>, and occasionally he threw a <a href="/wiki/Sinker_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinker (baseball)">sinker</a>/<a href="/wiki/Shuuto" title="Shuuto">shuuto</a>. </p><p>Kudoh had his share of injuries, but the vast majority of them came late in his career, including endoscopic elbow surgery in 2008. By this time, he had already lost most of the velocity on his fastball and had to rely on veteran savvy and guile to get batters out. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His son is <a href="/wiki/Asuka_Kudoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Asuka Kudoh">Asuka Kudoh</a>, a Japanese actor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_top_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_strikeout_pitchers" title="List of top Nippon Professional Baseball strikeout pitchers">List of top Nippon Professional Baseball strikeout pitchers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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<a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Nomura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Akira_Ohgi" title="Akira Ohgi">Ohgi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Furuta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Sasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Wakamatsu" title="Tsutomu Wakamatsu">Wakamatsu</a></span></li> 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class="nowrap">2019: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Shingo_Takatsu" title="Shingo Takatsu">Takatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Nakajima" title="Satoshi Nakajima">Nakajima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Akinobu_Okada" title="Akinobu Okada">Okada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Miura" title="Daisuke Miura">Miura</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Pacific_League_MVP_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Susumu_Yuki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susumu Yuki (page does not exist)">Yuki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Isami_Okamoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isami Okamoto (page does not exist)">Okamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Oshita" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshi Oshita">Oshita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Tokuji_Iida" title="Tokuji Iida">Iida</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Futoshi_Nakanishi" title="Futoshi Nakanishi">Nakanishi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Inao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Inao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sugiura" title="Tadashi Sugiura">Sugiura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Yamauchi" title="Kazuhiro Yamauchi">Yamauchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Nomura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Harimoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Nomura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Stanka" title="Joe Stanka">Stanka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Nomura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Nomura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Mitsuhiro_Adachi" title="Mitsuhiro Adachi">Adachi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yoneda" title="Tetsuya Yoneda">Yoneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Tokuji_Nagaike" title="Tokuji Nagaike">Nagaike</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Kitaru" title="Masaaki Kitaru">Kitaru</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Tokuji_Nagaike" title="Tokuji Nagaike">Nagaike</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Fukumoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Nomura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomehiro_Kaneda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tomehiro Kaneda (page does not exist)">Kaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Hideji_Kat%C5%8D" title="Hideji Katō">Katō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Yamada" title="Hisashi Yamada">Yamada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Yamada" title="Hisashi Yamada">Yamada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Yamada" title="Hisashi Yamada">Yamada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Manuel" title="Charlie Manuel">Manuel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Isamu_Kida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isamu Kida (page does not exist)">Kida</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Enatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Ochiai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Higashio" title="Osamu Higashio">Higashio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Wells_(baseball)" title="Greg Wells (baseball)">Boomer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Ochiai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Hiromichi_Ishige" title="Hiromichi Ishige">Ishige</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Higashio" title="Osamu Higashio">Higashio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Kadota" title="Hiromitsu Kadota">Kadota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Nomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Kuo_Tai-yuan" title="Kuo Tai-yuan">T. Kaku</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Takehiro_Ishii" title="Takehiro Ishii">Ishii</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichirō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichirō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichirō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Fumiya_Nishiguchi" title="Fumiya Nishiguchi">Nishiguchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kazuo_Matsui" title="Kazuo Matsui">K. Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Matsunaka" title="Nobuhiko Matsunaka">Matsunaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Rhodes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cabrera" title="Alex Cabrera">Cabrera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kenji_Johjima" title="Kenji Johjima">Johjima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Matsunaka" title="Nobuhiko Matsunaka">Matsunaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Toshiya_Sugiuchi" title="Toshiya Sugiuchi">Sugiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Michihiro_Ogasawara" title="Michihiro Ogasawara">Ogasawara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Darvish</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma" title="Hisashi Iwakuma">Iwakuma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Darvish</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Wada" title="Tsuyoshi Wada">Wada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Seiichi_Uchikawa" title="Seiichi Uchikawa">Uchikawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Mitsuo_Yoshikawa" title="Mitsuo Yoshikawa">Yoshikawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Tanaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Chihiro_Kaneko" title="Chihiro Kaneko">Kaneko</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Yuki_Yanagita" title="Yuki Yanagita">Yanagita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Ohtani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Sarfate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Hotaka_Yamakawa" title="Hotaka Yamakawa">Yamakawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Tomoya_Mori" title="Tomoya Mori">Mori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Yuki_Yanagita" title="Yuki Yanagita">Yanagita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Yamamoto" title="Yoshinobu Yamamoto">Y. Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Yamamoto" title="Yoshinobu Yamamoto">Y. Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Yamamoto" title="Yoshinobu Yamamoto">Y. 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Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Stanka" title="Joe Stanka">Stanka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">S. Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Isao_Shibata" title="Isao Shibata">Shibata</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Mori_(baseball)" title="Masaaki Mori (baseball)">Mori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Takada" title="Shigeru Takada">Takada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">S. Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">S. Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Toshimitsu_Suetsugu" title="Toshimitsu Suetsugu">Suetsugu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Horiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Horiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Sumio_Hirota" title="Sumio Hirota">Hirota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takashi_Yamaguchi_(baseball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takashi Yamaguchi (baseball) (page does not exist)">Yamaguchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Fukumoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Yamada" title="Hisashi Yamada">Yamada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Katsuo_Osugi" title="Katsuo Osugi">Osugi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Takahashi" title="Yoshihiko Takahashi">Y. Takahashi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lyttle" title="Jim Lyttle">Lyttle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Nishimoto" title="Takashi Nishimoto">Nishimoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Higashio" title="Osamu Higashio">Higashio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuji_Ota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takuji Ota (page does not exist)">Ota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiyoyuki_Nagashima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiyoyuki Nagashima (page does not exist)">K. Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Hiromichi_Ishige" title="Hiromichi Ishige">Ishige</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Norihiro_Komada" title="Norihiro Komada">Komada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Orestes_Destrade" title="Orestes Destrade">Destrade</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Akiyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Takehiro_Ishii" title="Takehiro Ishii">Take. Ishii</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Kawasaki" title="Kenjiro Kawasaki">Kawasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Makihara" title="Hiromi Makihara">Makihara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Malley" title="Tom O'Malley">O'Malley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Neel" title="Troy Neel">Neel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Furuta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Takanori_Suzuki" title="Takanori Suzuki">Taka. Suzuki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Akiyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Furuta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Tomohiro_Nioka" title="Tomohiro Nioka">Nioka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Toshiya_Sugiuchi" title="Toshiya Sugiuchi">Sugiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Ishii_(baseball)" title="Takashi Ishii (baseball)">Taka. Ishii</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Imae" title="Toshiaki Imae">Imae</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Atsunori_Inaba" title="Atsunori Inaba">Inaba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Norihiro_Nakamura" title="Norihiro Nakamura">N. Nakamura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Takayuki_Kishi" title="Takayuki Kishi">Kishi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Abe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Imae" title="Toshiaki Imae">Imae</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Kokubo" title="Hiroki Kokubo">Kokubo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Utsumi" title="Tetsuya Utsumi">Utsumi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Manabu_Mima" title="Manabu Mima">Mima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Seiichi_Uchikawa" title="Seiichi Uchikawa">Uchikawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Dae-ho_Lee" title="Dae-ho Lee">Lee Dae-ho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Laird" title="Brandon Laird">Laird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Sarfate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Takuya_Kai" title="Takuya Kai">Kai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Yurisbel_Gracial" title="Yurisbel Gracial">Gracial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Ryoya_Kurihara" title="Ryoya Kurihara">Kurihara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Yuhei_Nakamura" title="Yuhei Nakamura">Y. Nakamura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Yutaro_Sugimoto" title="Yutaro Sugimoto">Sugimoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Chikamoto" title="Kōji Chikamoto">Chikamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Masayuki_Kuwahara" title="Masayuki Kuwahara">Kuwahara</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and 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inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1950s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsutar%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Driki" title="Matsutarō Shōriki">Matsutarō Shōriki</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Hiraoka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiroshi Hiraoka (page does not exist)">Hiroshi Hiraoka</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yukio_Aoi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yukio Aoi (page does not exist)">Yukio Aoi</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shin_Hashido&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shin Hashido (page does not exist)">Shin Hashido</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiyoshi_Oshikawa" title="Kiyoshi Oshikawa">Kiyoshi Oshikawa</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jiro_Kuji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiro Kuji (page does not exist)">Jiro Kuji</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">Eiji Sawamura</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iso_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Iso Abe">Iso Abe</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1960s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Starffin" title="Victor Starffin">Victor Starffin</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yutaka_Ikeda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yutaka Ikeda (page does not exist)">Yutaka Ikeda</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haruyasu_Nakajima" title="Haruyasu Nakajima">Haruyasu Nakajima</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Wakabayashi" title="Tadashi Wakabayashi">Tadashi Wakabayashi</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaru_Kageura" title="Masaru Kageura">Masaru Kageura</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsunetaro_Moriyama" title="Tsunetaro Moriyama">Tsunetaro Moriyama</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuto_Tsuruoka" title="Kazuto Tsuruoka">Kazuto Tsuruoka</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1970s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shunichi_Amachi" title="Shunichi Amachi">Shunichi Amachi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobuaki_Nidegawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nobuaki Nidegawa (page does not exist)">Nobuaki Nidegawa</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuichi_Ishimoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shuichi Ishimoto (page does not exist)">Shuichi Ishimoto</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadayoshi_Fujimoto" title="Sadayoshi Fujimoto">Sadayoshi Fujimoto</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fumio_Fujimura" title="Fumio Fujimura">Fumio Fujimura</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Mizuhara" title="Shigeru Mizuhara">Shigeru Mizuhara</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michio_Nishizawa" title="Michio Nishizawa">Michio Nishizawa</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Matsuki" title="Kenjiro Matsuki">Kenjiro Matsuki</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Hamazaki" title="Shinji Hamazaki">Shinji Hamazaki</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Takehiko Bessho</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1980s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Ohshita" title="Hiroshi Ohshita">Hiroshi Ohshita</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kozuru" title="Makoto Kozuru">Makoto Kozuru</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba_(baseball)" title="Shigeru Chiba (baseball)">Shigeru Chiba</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokuji_Iida" title="Tokuji Iida">Tokuji Iida</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Iwamoto" title="Yoshiyuki Iwamoto">Yoshiyuki Iwamoto</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Mihara" title="Osamu Mihara">Osamu Mihara</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shinji_Kirihara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shinji Kirihara (page does not exist)">Shinji Kirihara</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Shigeru Sugishita</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katsumi_Shiraishi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katsumi Shiraishi (page does not exist)">Katsumi Shiraishi</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Aramaki" title="Atsushi Aramaki">Atsushi Aramaki</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Akuta" title="Takeo Akuta">Takeo Akuta</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Bettou" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaoru Bettou">Kaoru Bettou</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Nagata" title="Masaichi Nagata">Masaichi Nagata</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saburo_Yokozawa" title="Saburo Yokozawa">Saburo Yokozawa</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Nishimoto" title="Yukio Nishimoto">Yukio Nishimoto</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidenosuke_Shima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hidenosuke Shima (page does not exist)">Hidenosuke Shima</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiro_Noguchi" title="Jiro Noguchi">Jiro Noguchi</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1990s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juzo_Sanada" title="Juzo Sanada">Juzo Sanada</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Makino" title="Shigeru Makino">Shigeru Makino</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Osamu_Tsutsui&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osamu Tsutsui (page does not exist)">Osamu Tsutsui</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kichiro_Shimaoka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kichiro Shimaoka (page does not exist)">Kichiro Shimaoka</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatsuro_Hirooka" title="Tatsuro Hirooka">Tatsuro Hirooka</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michinori_Tsubouchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michinori Tsubouchi (page does not exist)">Michinori Tsubouchi</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masao_Yoshida_(baseball)" title="Masao Yoshida (baseball)">Masao Yoshida</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshio_Yoshida_(baseball)" title="Yoshio Yoshida (baseball)">Yoshio Yoshida</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Yonamine" title="Wally Yonamine">Wally Yonamine</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shosei_Go" title="Shosei Go">Shosei Go</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sugiura" title="Tadashi Sugiura">Tadashi Sugiura</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokichiro_Ishii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokichiro Ishii (page does not exist)">Tokichiro Ishii</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Motoshi Fujita</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa" title="Sachio Kinugasa">Sachio Kinugasa</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsuo_Osugi" title="Katsuo Osugi">Katsuo Osugi</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futoshi_Nakanishi" title="Futoshi Nakanishi">Futoshi Nakanishi</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshinori_Hirose" title="Yoshinori Hirose">Yoshinori Hirose</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Koba" title="Takeshi Koba">Takeshi Koba</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadao_Kondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadao Kondo">Sadao Kondo</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">2000s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yoneda" title="Tetsuya Yoneda">Tetsuya Yoneda</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikuo_Nemoto" title="Rikuo Nemoto">Rikuo Nemoto</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Koyama" title="Masaaki Koyama">Masaaki Koyama</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Yamauchi" title="Kazuhiro Yamauchi">Kazuhiro Yamauchi</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keishi_Suzuki" title="Keishi Suzuki">Keishi Suzuki</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Tamiya" title="Kenjiro Tamiya">Kenjiro Tamiya</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaoka_Shiki" title="Masaoka Shiki">Masaoka Shiki</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiharu_Ueda" title="Toshiharu Ueda">Toshiharu Ueda</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junzo_Sekine" title="Junzo Sekine">Junzo Sekine</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Wilson_(professor)" title="Horace Wilson (professor)">Horace Wilson</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sakae_Suzuka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sakae Suzuka (page does not exist)">Sakae Suzuka</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Ogi" class="mw-redirect" title="Akira Ogi">Akira Ogi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noboru_Akiyama" title="Noboru Akiyama">Noboru Akiyama</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choji_Murata" title="Choji Murata">Choji Murata</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Mori_(baseball)" title="Masaaki Mori (baseball)">Masaaki Mori</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masayori_Shimura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masayori Shimura (page does not exist)">Masayori Shimura</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Kadota" title="Hiromitsu Kadota">Hiromitsu Kadota</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morimichi_Takagi" title="Morimichi Takagi">Morimichi Takagi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Yamada" title="Hisashi Yamada">Hisashi Yamada</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasumitsu_Toyoda" title="Yasumitsu Toyoda">Yasumitsu Toyoda</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromori_Kawashima" title="Hiromori Kawashima">Hiromori Kawashima</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takao_Kajimoto" title="Takao Kajimoto">Takao Kajimoto</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reiichi_Matsunaga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reiichi Matsunaga (page does not exist)">Reiichi Matsunaga</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Koji Yamamoto</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Tsuneo Horiuchi</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Wakamatsu" title="Tsutomu Wakamatsu">Tsutomu Wakamatsu</a> (2009)</li> 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