Win-Loss 29-18 Role Baseball player Siblings Yoshiki Norimoto Name Takahiro Norimoto Salary 12 million JPY (2013) | Strikeouts 338 Spouse Ayaka Fujimoto (m. 2013) Earned run average 3.16 Height 1.78 m | |
![]() | ||
Current team Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (#14 / Pitcher) Similar People Yuki Matsui, Shohei Otani, Motohiro Shima, Masahiro Tanaka, Sho Nakata |
Takahiro norimoto strikes out 6 mlb all stars in game 3 of the 2014 mlb japan series
Takahiro Norimoto (則本 昂大, Norimoto Takahiro, born December 17, 1990) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Contents
- Takahiro norimoto strikes out 6 mlb all stars in game 3 of the 2014 mlb japan series
- 20140528 takahiro norimoto last pitch of game
- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
- Samurai Japan
- Playing style
- References
![Takahiro Norimoto ijapanbaseballjpfilesphotosingle394imageid](https://alchetron.com/cdn/takahiro-norimoto-7fd48057-392b-40c2-8c8c-9e05132b660-resize-750.jpeg)
20140528 takahiro norimoto last pitch of game
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
![Takahiro Norimoto WBC NonMLB Top 10 6 Takahiro Norimoto The Crawfish Boxes](https://alchetron.com/cdn/takahiro-norimoto-e1360687-9744-4f59-9f04-293a82d3576-resize-750.jpeg)
In 2013, Norimoto's rookie season, he pitched to a 15-8 win–loss record and a 3.34 earned run average. Norimoto won the Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award.
![Takahiro Norimoto Rakuten Eagles star pitcher Takahiro Norimoto to be posted after](https://alchetron.com/cdn/takahiro-norimoto-ad29bf81-4d79-455a-bd9a-9b70f16f6df-resize-750.jpeg)
In 2015, Norimoto led the Pacific League in strikeouts for the second straight season, with 215. His 194.2 innings also led the league. He finished third in ERA with a 2.91 mark. Despite these achievements, Norimoto finished the season with a 10-11 record, his first losing campaign in his three years.
Samurai Japan
![Takahiro Norimoto Norimoto surpasses Nomo with most consecutive doubledigit strikeout](https://alchetron.com/cdn/takahiro-norimoto-bfa93d89-4414-427f-a42b-2a18e87db07-resize-750.jpg)
After the 2014 NPB season, Norimoto was named to the Samurai Japan national team that took on the MLB All-Stars in an exhibition series in Japan. In Game 3 of that series at the Tokyo Dome on November 15, Norimoto pitched 5 perfect innings and struck out 6 with just 60 pitches and earned the win in what would turn out to be a combined no-hitter by Samurai Japan. The MLB lineup featured six All-Stars but collected just four base runners, losing 4-0.
Playing style
Norimoto is a 5 ft 10 in, 180 lb right-handed pitcher. With a three-quarters delivery he throws a fastball, a forkball, and a solid slider. He recorded a career-high 98 mph when he worked in relief.
He won 3 times strikeout titles, and posting a K/9 of 9.4 in his NPB career.