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Kan Otake
Otake with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Yomiuri Giants – No. 17
Pitcher
Born: (1983-05-21) May 21, 1983 (age 41)
Yashio, Saitama, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
September 26, 2003, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics
(through April 8, 2018)
Win-Loss97-98
Earned run average3.79
Strikeouts1142
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Kan Otake (大竹 寛, Ōtake Kan, born May 21, 1983 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

High school career

Otake attended Urawa Gakuin High School in Saitama, Saitama. He never pitched in a national high-school tournament, but was selected for the Japanese national team in the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship. In 2001, he was drafted by Hiroshima Toyo Carp by first-round pick.