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class="infobox ib-baseball-bio vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;; font-size: 125%"><span class="note">Hisashi Iwakuma<br />岩隈久志</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG/250px-Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="387" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG/375px-Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG/500px-Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="2630" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Iwakuma with the Seattle Mariners in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">Pitcher</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1981-04-12</span>) </span>April 12, 1981<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 43)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Higashiyamato,_Tokyo" title="Higashiyamato, Tokyo">Higashiyamato, Tokyo</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Professional debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>NPB:</b> May 29, 2001, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>MLB:</b> April 20, 2012, for the Seattle Mariners</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>MLB:</b> May 3, 2017, for the Seattle Mariners</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>NPB:</b> 2019, for the Yomiuri Giants</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</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 record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">107–69</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;">3.25</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;">1,175</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Win–loss record</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">63–39</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Earned run average</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.42</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Strikeouts</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">714</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/iwakuhi01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148945#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" 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href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2012 Major League Baseball season">2012</a>–<a href="/wiki/2017_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2017 Major League Baseball season">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/2019_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2019</a>)</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"> <dl><dt>NPB</dt></dl> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (2003, 2004, 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Pacific League MVP</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a> (2008)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Best_Nine_Award" title="Best Nine Award">Best Nine Award</a> (2004, 2008)</li> <li>2× Pacific League wins leader (2004, 2008)</li> <li><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 leader</a> (2008)</li></ul> <dl><dt>MLB</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2013</a>)</li> <li>Pitched a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> on August 12, 2015</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header borderless"><div 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first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2009 World Baseball Classic">2009 Los Angeles</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team competition </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Athens</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics">Team competition</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hisashi Iwakuma</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">岩隈久志</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Iwakuma Hisashi</i></span>, born April 12, 1981)</span> is a Japanese former professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>. He has played in <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> (NPB) for the <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> from 2000 to 2004, <a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a> from 2005 to 2011, and <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> in 2019, and all of his time in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) for the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> from 2012 to 2017. Iwakuma retired in 2020 due to lingering shoulder issues that had prevented him from playing that year. </p><p>Iwakuma made his professional debut with the Buffaloes in 2000. He was named a <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game">NPB All-Star</a> in 2003 and 2004, and played in the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Athens Olympics</a>. He joined the Eagles in 2005. As the Eagles' reigning <a href="/wiki/Ace_(baseball)" title="Ace (baseball)">staff ace</a>, Iwakuma won the <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a> in <a href="/wiki/2008_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2008</a>, and was also a NPB All-Star that year. He appeared in the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2009 World Baseball Classic">2009 World Baseball Classic</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japanese national team</a>. </p><p>Iwakuma was <a href="/wiki/Posting_system" title="Posting system">posted</a> to Major League Baseball after the 2010 season, but he failed to come to an agreement with the winning bidder. After the 2011 season, Iwakuma signed with the Mariners. He was an <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">MLB All-Star</a> in 2013, as well as the third-place finisher for the 2013 American League Cy Young Award. </p><p>On August 12, 2015, Iwakuma became the second Japanese player ever to pitch a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in Major League Baseball (joining <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a>, who threw two), throwing a three-walk, seven-strikeout 3–0 win over the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> at <a href="/wiki/Safeco_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Safeco Field">Safeco Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IwakumaNoNo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IwakumaNoNo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also his first MLB complete game, and the Mariners' <a href="/wiki/List_of_Seattle_Mariners_no-hitters" title="List of Seattle Mariners no-hitters">fifth no-hitter in team history</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma was born in <a href="/wiki/Higashiyamato,_Tokyo" title="Higashiyamato, Tokyo">Higashiyamato, Tokyo</a>, and began playing <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_grade" title="First grade">first grade</a> before attending <a href="/wiki/Horikoshi_High_School" title="Horikoshi High School">Horikoshi High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nakano,_Tokyo" title="Nakano, Tokyo">Nakano</a>.<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> Iwakuma was inspired to become a pitcher after "looking up to" former <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a> great <a href="/wiki/Hisanobu_Watanabe" title="Hisanobu Watanabe">Hisanobu Watanabe</a>, who was known for his big-game pitching.<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> While he never made it to a <a href="/wiki/High_school_baseball_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="High school baseball in Japan">national tournament</a> during his high school career, he led his team to the semi-finals of the West Tokyo Tournament as a <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">senior</a> in the summer of <a href="/wiki/1999_in_baseball" title="1999 in baseball">1999</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> picked him in the fifth round of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_NPB_draft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 NPB draft (page does not exist)">1999 NPB draft</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E9%81%B8%E6%8A%9E%E4%BC%9A%E8%AD%B0_(%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83)" class="extiw" title="jp:1999年度新人選手選択会議 (日本プロ野球)">jp</a>]</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_years:_2000–2003"><span id="Early_years:_2000.E2.80.932003"></span>Early years: 2000–2003</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early years: 2000–2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma spent the entirety of his <a href="/wiki/Rookie" title="Rookie">rookie</a> <a href="/wiki/Season_(sports)" title="Season (sports)">season</a> (<a href="/wiki/2000_in_baseball" title="2000 in baseball">2000</a>) with the Buffaloes' <i>nigun</i> (Japanese for "<a href="/wiki/Minor_league" title="Minor league">minor league</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Farm_team#Baseball" title="Farm team">farm team</a>") team, clocking 149 km/h (93 mph) with his <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a> at one point but making only two <a href="/wiki/Games_pitched" title="Games pitched">appearances</a> all year in the <a href="/wiki/Western_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Western League (Japanese baseball)">Western League</a>. </p><p>Iwakuma made his debut at the <i>ichigun</i> ("major league") level the following year, appearing in <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief</a> in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Nippon-Ham_Fighters" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon-Ham Fighters">Nippon-Ham Fighters</a> on May 29 <a href="/wiki/2001_in_baseball" title="2001 in baseball">2001</a> and earning the first career <a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">win</a> of his <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional</a> career despite giving up a <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">run</a> over 1<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">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Inning" title="Inning">innings</a>. He made his first <a href="/wiki/Games_started" title="Games started">start</a> on June 10 against the Fighters and threw his first career <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete game</a> (a two-<a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hit</a> <a href="/wiki/Shutout#Baseball" title="Shutout">shutout</a>) against the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions#Seibu_Lions_(1979–2007)" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a> on September 18, finishing the year with a 4–2 record and playing an important role in the Buffaloes' league title that year. </p><p>Iwakuma secured a spot in the team's <a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_jargon_(R)#rotation" class="mw-redirect" title="List of baseball jargon (R)">starting rotation</a> by <a href="/wiki/2002_in_baseball" title="2002 in baseball">2002</a>, the following season, going 8–7 with a much-improved 3.69 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> in 141<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings</a>. He enjoyed a breakout year in <a href="/wiki/2003_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2003 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2003</a>, going 15–10 with a 3.45 ERA and 149 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> and leading the league with 11 complete games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004">2004</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma began the 2004 season 12–0 and establishing a franchise record for most consecutive <a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">wins</a> to start the season. He received the most fan votes among <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> starting pitchers for the <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game">NPB All-Star Game</a> that year, starting Game 1 at <a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagoya Dome">Nagoya Dome</a> on July 10, and pitched in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Athens Olympics</a> as a member of the Japanese national team in August. He finished with a 15–2 <a href="/wiki/Pitchers_of_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitchers of record">record</a> for the year, leading the league in both wins and <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">winning percentage</a> (.882)<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> for the first time in his career. He also pitched in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Japan_All-Star_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series">MLB All-Star Series</a> held in November, holding the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> <a href="/wiki/All-star_game" title="All-star game">All-Stars</a> to one run over seven innings to earn the win. </p><p>Following the 2004 season, Iwakuma's Buffaloes and the <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Orix BlueWave</a>, another <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> team based in the <a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai region</a>, opted to merge to alleviate some of their financial difficulties, later leading to the addition of a new team named the <a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a> that would fill the void created by the merger. Iwakuma was initially named a member of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a> in a dispersal draft held that November, but refused to comply and join the Buffaloes and became involved in a contractual dispute.<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><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> Although the Buffaloes attempted to persuade him to play for their team, they eventually agreed to <a href="/wiki/Trade_(sports)" title="Trade (sports)">trade</a> him to the Eagles in exchange for cash.<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-heading3"><h3 id="Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005–2007:_Injury_Woes"><span id="2005.E2.80.932007:_Injury_Woes"></span>2005–2007: Injury Woes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2005–2007: Injury Woes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma was named the Eagles' starter for the <a href="/wiki/2005_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2005</a> season opener, holding the <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a> to one run while <a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_jargon_(G)#go_the_distance" class="mw-redirect" title="List of baseball jargon (G)">going the distance</a> on March 26 and earning the <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion team</a>'s first-ever win.<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> However, while he did not miss a single start during the regular season, he was bothered by <a href="/wiki/Shoulder_problems" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoulder problems">tenderness</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Shoulder" title="Shoulder">shoulder</a> throughout the year, finishing with a 9-15 record and an ERA of 4.99 (worst among all qualifying <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitchers</a>).<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>Iwakuma's <a href="/wiki/Sports_injury" title="Sports injury">injury</a> woes continued into the <a href="/wiki/2006_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2006</a> season. His struggles to adapt to the league's new rules on <a href="/wiki/Pitching_position" title="Pitching position">pitching motions</a> during Spring training, combined with lingering concerns about his shoulder condition, caused him to miss the season opener and spend the entire first half of the season with the <i>nigun</i> team undergoing a <a href="/wiki/Physical_therapy" title="Physical therapy">rehab</a> stint. He made his first appearance of the season against the Fighters on August 29, but did not record a win until September 12 in a game against the Marines, finishing the season with a 1–2 record and 3.72 ERA in just six starts. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2007_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2007</a>, Iwakuma was named the starter for the season opener for the first time in two years, taking the mound on March 24 against the Lions. While he was slated to start the Eagles' first home game of the season on March 31 against the Buffaloes as well, he reported stiffness in his back just hours before the game, causing him to be scratched from the <a href="/wiki/Batting_order_(baseball)" title="Batting order (baseball)">lineup</a> and sent down to the minors for rehab the next day. He returned at the end of April only to be demoted again just weeks later with a left <a href="/wiki/Abdominal_internal_oblique_muscle" title="Abdominal internal oblique muscle">oblique</a> strain. Iwakuma finally returned after the All-Star break, notching his second win of the season on July 31 and finishing the season with a 5–5 record in 16 games and an ERA of 3.40. He underwent <a href="/wiki/Arthroscopy" title="Arthroscopy">arthroscopic surgery</a> on his right elbow in October.<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> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RE-Hisashi-Iwakuma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/RE-Hisashi-Iwakuma.jpg/200px-RE-Hisashi-Iwakuma.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/RE-Hisashi-Iwakuma.jpg/300px-RE-Hisashi-Iwakuma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/RE-Hisashi-Iwakuma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Iwakuma in 2008.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008_season">2008 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2008 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chosen to start the season opener for the second straight year (and fourth time overall), Iwakuma pitched against the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> on March 20, <a href="/wiki/2008_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2008</a>, but fell short of the win despite limiting the Hawks to just one run over seven innings (then-<a href="/wiki/Closer_(baseball)" title="Closer (baseball)">closer</a> <a href="/wiki/Domingo_Guzm%C3%A1n" title="Domingo Guzmán">Domingo Guzmán</a> gave up a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a> to <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Shibahara" title="Hiroshi Shibahara">Hiroshi Shibahara</a>, handing Iwakuma a <a href="/wiki/Decision_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Decision (baseball)">no-decision</a> in a 4–3 loss). However, he recorded his first complete game shutout with the Eagles in his next start on March 27 against the Buffaloes and recorded his 10th win of the season in another complete game shutout against the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> in an interleague game on June 15, marking the first time he had reached double-digit wins since 2003, when he was still with the Buffaloes. Though he expressed disappointment that he was not chosen to play in the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing Olympics</a> as a member of the national team (even though he ranked among the league leaders in several categories at the time), he notched his 16th win of the season, a new career high, on August 16 against the Marines, passing 1000 career innings pitched in that same game. </p><p>On September 22, in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a>, Iwakuma threw seven innings of one-run ball to become the first 20-game winner in the Pacific League since Hawks <a href="/wiki/Right-handedness" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-handedness">right-hander</a> <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Saito" title="Kazumi Saito">Kazumi Saito</a> achieved the feat in 2003.<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> He picked up one more win on October 5 against the Hawks, becoming the first 21-game winner in 23 years (former <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes#Hankyu/Orix,_1936–2004" title="Orix Buffaloes">Hankyu Braves</a> right-hander Yoshinori Satoh won 21 games in <a href="/wiki/1985_in_baseball" title="1985 in baseball">1985</a>) and passing young rival and fellow ace <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Yu Darvish</a> of the Fighters to lead the league in ERA (1.87) in his final start of the season. </p><p>Iwakuma finished his dominant 2008 campaign with a 21–4 record, leading the league in wins, ERA, and winning percentage (.840).<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> He gave up just three home runs in 201<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings all year, of which just <i>one</i> was to a Pacific League <a href="/wiki/Batting_(baseball)" title="Batting (baseball)">hitter</a> (the other two were given up in interleague games), and won nearly one-third of the Eagles' 65 wins in the regular season himself. He was presented the Sawamura, <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a> and <a href="/wiki/Best_Nine_Award" title="Best Nine Award">Best Nine</a> awards at the end of the season, a rare accomplishment for a player on a fifth-place team.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009–2011"><span id="2009.E2.80.932011"></span>2009–2011</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2009–2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iwakuma_hisashi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Iwakuma_hisashi.jpg/220px-Iwakuma_hisashi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Iwakuma_hisashi.jpg/330px-Iwakuma_hisashi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Iwakuma_hisashi.jpg/440px-Iwakuma_hisashi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2258" /></a><figcaption>Iwakuma pitching for the <a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a> in <a href="/wiki/2011_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2011</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Iwakuma started the season opener for the Eagles for the third straight year in <a href="/wiki/2009_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2009</a>, requiring just 59 pitches to throw six innings of one-run ball en route to the win on April 3 in a much-hyped match-up with <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a> teammate and 22-year-old Fighters right-hander <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Yu Darvish</a> (who threw 121 pitches in a complete game loss, all three runs given up in the first inning).<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> He recorded his first complete game of the year on May 16 against the Hawks.<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> </p><p>On October 4, 2010, the Golden Eagles granted permission for Iwakuma to pursue a career in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Posting_system" title="Posting system">posting system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> won the bidding.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Iwakuma and the Athletics could not come to terms on a contract in the thirty-day negotiating period.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seattle_Mariners">Seattle Mariners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Seattle Mariners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma signed with the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> prior to the <a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2012 Major League Baseball season">2012 Major League Baseball season</a>, for $1.5 million guaranteed, plus an additional $3.4 million in incentives linked to starts, innings pitched, and awards.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was part of the Mariners' bullpen to start the season and did not pitch until the club's fifteenth game, making him the last member of any team's opening day roster (who was not injured or demoted to the minor leagues) to appear in a game.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iwakuma later became an effective member of the Mariners' pitching staff, pitching in 30 games (16 starts and 14 relief appearances), going 9–5 with two <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a> and a 3.16 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a>. </p><p>On November 2, 2012, Iwakuma agreed to a two-year, $14 million extension with an option for 2015. Iwakuma earned $6.5 million in 2013 and 2014, and his option for 2015 is worth $7 million with a $1 million buyout.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iwakuma was chosen along with fellow pitcher <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Félix Hernández">Félix Hernández</a> to represent the Mariners at the <a href="/wiki/2013_MLB_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 MLB All-Star Game">2013 MLB All-Star Game</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, he did not pitch, as he had played on the Sunday before the game. On September 18, 2013, Iwakuma pitched eight scoreless innings against the <a href="/wiki/2013_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2013 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> striking out <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> twice making him 0 for 4 and lowering his batting average to .347. He gave up no runs and four hits getting out of two bases loaded jams in the first and fourth. </p><p>Iwakuma finished third in the 2013 American League <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> voting, behind winner <a href="/wiki/Max_Scherzer" title="Max Scherzer">Max Scherzer</a> and runner up <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Yu Darvish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished the year third in the league in ERA, third in innings pitched, second in WHIP and first in WAR.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His 2013 season year finished 14–6 with a 2.66 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. </p><p>Iwakuma sustained a strained tendon in his finger in February 2014 and was expected to miss 4–6 weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 3, Iwakuma returned from the DL to play against the <a href="/wiki/2014_Houston_Astros_season" title="2014 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Making 28 starts in 2014, Iwakuma finished 15–9 with a 3.52 ERA. </p><p>On April 21, 2015, Iwakuma was placed on the DL with a strained lat muscle. He was activated by Seattle on July 6.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 12, 2015, at <a href="/wiki/Safeco_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Safeco Field">Safeco Field</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2015_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2015 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a>, Iwakuma threw the fifth no-hitter in Mariners history. It was also his first MLB <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IwakumaNoNo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IwakumaNoNo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For his effort, Iwakuma won the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Player_of_the_Week_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Player of the Week Award">American League Player of the Week Award</a>. Making 20 starts in 2015, Iwakuma finished with a 9–5 record and a 3.54 ERA.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On December 17, 2015, Iwakuma re-signed with the Mariners on a 1-year contract, with vesting options for 2017 and 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iwakuma had previously attempted to sign a three-year, $45 million deal with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, but the deal was declined because the Dodgers had some concerns about the results of his physical.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 10, 2017, Iwakuma was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to right shoulder inflammation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was later moved to the 60-day disabled list. On November 2, 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> declined their option making him a free agent. He signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Mariners on November 27.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 11, 2018, he announced that he would return to Japan to play baseball after spending the entire season in the minors.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iwakuma elected free agency following the year on November 2.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yomiuri_Giants">Yomiuri Giants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Yomiuri Giants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 19, 2018, he signed with <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> (NPB).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 19, 2020, Iwakuma announced his retirement after the season.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_Athens_Olympics">2004 Athens Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2004 Athens Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma made his first appearance on the international stage when he was named to the Japanese national team that would play in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Coming off a torrid 12–0 start to the regular season, Iwakuma took the mound in the second game of the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics#Preliminary_round" title="Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics">preliminary round</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_baseball_team" title="Netherlands national baseball team">Netherlands</a> on August 16. However, he allowed seven <a href="/wiki/Becoming_a_runner" class="mw-redirect" title="Becoming a runner">baserunners</a> (three hits, three <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walks</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">hit-batter</a>) and gave up three runs (two <a href="/wiki/Earned_run" title="Earned run">earned</a>) against a team that was viewed as the heavy <a href="/wiki/Underdog_(competition)" class="mw-redirect" title="Underdog (competition)">underdog</a>, leading <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">head coach</a> (and acting <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a>) Kiyoshi Nakahata to pull him from the game after just 1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Japan went on to win the game 8–3 behind a strong relief effort (five shutout innings) by future MLB pitcher <a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Kuroda" title="Hiroki Kuroda">Hiroki Kuroda</a>, Iwakuma lost the trust of the coaching staff and did not pitch in the tournament again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009_World_Baseball_Classic">2009 World Baseball Classic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2009 World Baseball Classic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chosen to play in the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the national team,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iwakuma made his first appearance of the tournament in the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic_%E2%80%93_Round_1#South_Korea_1,_Japan_0" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 World Baseball Classic – Round 1">final game</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic_%E2%80%93_Round_1" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 World Baseball Classic – Round 1">first round</a> against <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_baseball_team" title="South Korea national baseball team">South Korea</a> on March 9, holding them just one run over 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings but receiving no run support and being charged with the loss. He pitched six shutout innings in his <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic_%E2%80%93_Round_2#Japan_5,_Cuba_0" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 World Baseball Classic – Round 2">second start</a> against <a href="/wiki/Cuba_national_baseball_team" title="Cuba national baseball team">Cuba</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic_%E2%80%93_Round_2" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 World Baseball Classic – Round 2">second round</a> on March 18, earning his first win of the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His stellar effort convinced manager <a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Tatsunori Hara</a> to choose him over Darvish, who had been unofficially tabbed as the staff ace prior to the tournament, as the starter for Japan in the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic#Finals" title="2009 World Baseball Classic">championship game</a> against South Korea. Iwakuma did not disappoint, limiting the team to just two runs over 7<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Darvish gave up the tying run in the ninth after coming on in relief, Iwakuma played an instrumental role in Japan's eventual win and second consecutive <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic#Results" title="World Baseball Classic">title</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> right-hander <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a> earned MVP honors for the tournament, largely on merit of his perfect 3–0 record, but Iwakuma finished the tournament with the lowest ERA (1.35) of any pitcher that threw 15 or more innings and was one of three pitchers named to the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic#All–WBC_team" title="2009 World Baseball Classic">All-Tournament</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pitching style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mechanics">Mechanics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Mechanics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma is a 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m), 210-pound (95 kg), <a href="/wiki/Right-handedness" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-handedness">right-hander</a> pitcher with a three-quarters <a href="/wiki/Pitcher#Pitching_in_a_game" title="Pitcher">delivery</a>. He was well known for his unique pitching motion during his years with the Buffaloes, letting his throwing arm hang at his side while he raised his left leg, lowered it halfway once, then raised it again before driving towards the <a href="/wiki/Home_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Home plate">plate</a>. He was forced to overhaul his mechanics and implement a more orthodox delivery when the NPB changed its rules on pitching motions in the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Close_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Close season">off-season</a>, taking a stricter stance on so-called <b>two-stage motions</b> (those with pauses or breaks at any point in the delivery).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Iwakuma also raised his arm slot slightly to induce more movement in his <a href="/wiki/Pitch_(baseball)" title="Pitch (baseball)">offspeed pitches</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Repertoire">Repertoire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Repertoire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma's four-seam <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a> was clocked at speeds as high as 153 km/h (95 mph) earlier in his NPB career. Since hurting his shoulder, it has usually sat in 88–92 mph (tops out at 94 mph). He complements it with an above-average <a href="/wiki/Split-finger_fastball" title="Split-finger fastball">splitter</a> (84–87 mph), a <a href="/wiki/Slider_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slider (baseball)">slider</a> (80–82 mph), an occasional <a href="/wiki/Curveball" title="Curveball">curveball</a> (71–73 mph), and a <a href="/wiki/Shuuto" title="Shuuto">shuuto</a> (two-seamer/sinker, 87–91 mph),<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often using the splitter as his <a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_jargon_(O)#out_pitch" class="mw-redirect" title="List of baseball jargon (O)">out pitch</a>. He records a moderate number of strikeouts each season but is inherently a <a href="/wiki/Groundball_pitcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Groundball pitcher">groundball pitcher</a>, adept at jamming opposing hitters with his wide assortment of offspeed pitches and excellent command<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2.00 career <a href="/wiki/Bases_on_balls_per_9_innings_pitched" class="mw-redirect" title="Bases on balls per 9 innings pitched">walks per nine innings</a> rate in NPB). Iwakuma has also remarked that his command has improved since missing much of the 2006 and 2007 seasons due to injury as he was forced to overhaul his mechanics and rethink his approach against opposing batters.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 12, 2021, Iwakuma was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>, his former team, as a special assignment coach.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iwakuma's wife, Madoka, and two children, Towa and Uta, moved with him from Japan to Seattle at the start of his Mariner career.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iwakuma's wife is the daughter of Koju Hirohashi, former coach of the <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-blogspot1_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogspot1-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iwakuma practices <a href="/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism" title="Nichiren Buddhism">Nichiren Buddhism</a> and is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Soka_Gakkai_International" title="Soka Gakkai International">Soka Gakkai International</a> Buddhist association.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his wife support various children's charities including orphanages and organizations that provide assistance to children with disabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-blogspot1_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogspot1-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Hisashi_Iwakuma&action=edit&section=20" 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 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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtZSfHToHg&feature=relmfuthe">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtZSfHToHg&feature=relmfuthe</a> best pitch of his primetime <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160805060549/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtZSfHToHg&feature=relmfu">Archived</a> August 5, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF179;">Achievements </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">No-hitter</a> pitcher </b><br />August 12, 2015 </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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Sugishita">Sugishita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Takumi_Otomo" title="Takumi Otomo">Otomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Sugishita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Bessho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Kaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Kaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Kaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Murayama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Ritsuo_Horimoto" title="Ritsuo Horimoto">Horimoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Gondoh" title="Hiroshi Gondoh">Gondoh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Koyama" title="Masaaki Koyama">Koyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yoshiaki_Ito&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yoshiaki Ito (page does not exist)">Ito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Bacque" title="Gene Bacque">Bacque</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Murayama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Murayama</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Horiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Kentaro_Ogawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentaro Ogawa">Ogawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Enatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Takahashi_(baseball)" title="Kazumi Takahashi (baseball)">Kazu. Takahashi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Masaji_Hiramatsu" title="Masaji Hiramatsu">Hiramatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <i>Not Awarded</i></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/Kazumi_Takahashi_(baseball)" title="Kazumi Takahashi (baseball)">Kazu. 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Ohno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Masaki_Saito_(baseball)" title="Masaki Saito (baseball)">M. Saito</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/Shinji_Sasaoka" title="Shinji Sasaoka">Sasaoka</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/Shinji_Imanaka" title="Shinji Imanaka">Imanaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Yamamoto_(baseball)" title="Masahiro Yamamoto (baseball)">M. Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Masaki_Saito_(baseball)" title="Masaki Saito (baseball)">M. Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Masaki_Saito_(baseball)" title="Masaki Saito (baseball)">M. Saito</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/Kenjiro_Kawasaki" title="Kenjiro Kawasaki">Kawasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Uehara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <i>Not Awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Uehara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kei_Igawa" title="Kei Igawa">Igawa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Saito" title="Kazumi Saito">K. Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Kenshin_Kawakami" title="Kenshin Kawakami">Kawakami</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/Kazumi_Saito" title="Kazumi Saito">K. Saito</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 class="mw-selflink selflink">Iwakuma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Hideaki_Wakui" title="Hideaki Wakui">Wakui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Kenta_Maeda" title="Kenta Maeda">Maeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Tanaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Settsu" title="Tadashi Settsu">Settsu</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/Kenta_Maeda" title="Kenta Maeda">Maeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Kris_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Kris Johnson (baseball)">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <i>Not Awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABdai_%C5%8Cno" title="Yūdai Ōno">Yud. Ohno</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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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. 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