Kazuki Yoshimi

Kazuki Yoshimi 吉見一起
Yoshimi with the Chunichi Dragons in 2012
Chunichi Dragons – No. 19
Pitcher
Born: (1984-09-19) September 19, 1984 Kyoto, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Nippon Professional Baseball debut
September 10, 2006, for the Chunichi Dragons
Career statistics (through 2019)
Win-Loss	89-54
ERA	2.91
Strikeouts	835
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (2006 – )
Career highlights and awards
1x Central League ERA Champion (2011) 2x Central League Wins leader (2009, 2011) 1x Central League Best Nine Award (2011) Central League Battery Award, with Motonobu Tanishige (2011) 2011 CLCS MVP

Kazuki Yoshimi (吉見 一起, Yoshimi Kazuki, born September 19, 1984 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher with the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Central League.

Early career

Yoshimi started playing baseball in Grade 2 of elementary school. At high school, Yoshimi was the ace for Konkō Ōsaka High School and took his team to the second round of the 2002 Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament.

After graduating high school, Yoshimi joined Toyota's corporate baseball team where he was regarded as one of the best players in industrial league baseball. During this time, he underwent surgery on his elbow which reduced the hype surrounding him but at the 2005 draft, he was drafted by the Chunichi Dragons after "expressing intention" to join the club.

Professional career

On 10 September 2006, Yoshimi was registered for the first-team for the first time and debuted against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp with an untarnished 1.1 innings. On September 18, Yoshimi would claim his first win, this time against the Yokohama DeNA Baystars where he pitching 5 innings for 2 earned runs. In the 2006 Japan Series he was used in relief.

In 2007, Yoshimi was named MVP of the |Japanese Farm Team National Championships and would later take part in the Dominican Winter League where he would pitch for Estrellas Orientales.

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)