Soichi Fujita

Soichi Fujita
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks — No. 63
Pitcher
Born: October 17, 1972 (1972-10-17) (age 39) Kyoto, Japan
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Professional debut
NPB: April 4, 1998 for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics (through 2008 season)
Win-Loss	18-20
ERA	3.83
Strikeouts	348
Teams
Chiba Lotte Marines (1998–2007) Yomiuri Giants (2008–2010) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011-present)
Career highlights and awards
2006 World Baseball Classic champions (Japan)
Last update: 8 December 2008

Soichi Fujita (藤田宗一, Fujita Soichi^?, born, October 17, 1972 in Yawata, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese left-handed reliever for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played every single game of his career pitching in relief and holds the Japanese record for most pitching appearances.

Soichi Fujita was part of the Japanese national baseball team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

Japan 2006 World Baseball Classic Champions Roster (1st Title)

1 Akinori Iwamura \| 2 Michihiro Ogasawara \| 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka \| 5 Kazuhiro Wada \| 6 Hitoshi Tamura \| 7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka \| 8 Toshiaki Imae \| 9 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh \| 10 Shinya Miyamoto \| 11 Naoyuki Shimizu \| 12 Soichi Fujita \| 15 Tomoyuki Kubota \| 17 Kosuke Fukudome \| 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka \| 19 Koji Uehara \| 20 Yasuhiko Yabuta \| 21 Tsuyoshi Wada \| 22 Tomoya Satozaki \| 23 Norichika Aoki \| 24 Kyuji Fujikawa \| 25 Takahiro Arai \| 27 Motonobu Tanishige \| 31 Shunsuke Watanabe \| 40 Akinori Otsuka \| 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi \| 47 Toshiya Sugiuchi \| 51 Ichiro Suzuki \| 52 Munenori Kawasaki \| 59 Ryoji Aikawa \| 61 Hirotoshi Ishii／Takahiro Mahara

Manager 89 Sadaharu Oh \| Coach 84 Kazuhiro Takeda \| Coach 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji \| Coach 86 Yoshitaka Katori \| Coach 87 Yasunori Oshima \| Coach 88 Sumio Hirota

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

First squad	1 Hiroshi Shibahara \| 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka \| 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda \| 6 Hitoshi Tamura \| 9 Hiroki Kokubo \| 11 Shinsuke Ogura \| 14 Takahiro Mahara \| 19 Masahiko Morifuku \| 21 Tsuyoshi Wada \| 23 Ryuma Kidokoro \| 24 Seiichi Uchikawa \| 25 Brian Falkenborg \| 27 Toru Hosokawa \| 28 Kenji Ohtonari \| 30 Yuya Hasegawa \| 32 Satoru Morimoto \| 34 Hiroki Yamada \| 36 Kenji Akashi \| 40 Yoshiaki Fujioka \| 42 Alex Cabrera \| 46 Yuichi Honda \| 48 Keisuke Kattoh \| 49 Jose Ortiz \| 47 Toshiya Sugiuchi \| 50 Tadashi Settsu \| 51 Takehito Kanazawa \| 52 Munenori Kawasaki \| 54 D. J. Houlton \| 62 Katsuki Yamazaki \| 70 Hidenori Tanoue \|

Second squad	00 Teruaki Yoshikawa \| 0 Tadaatsu Nakazawa \| 2 Kenta Imamiya \| 4 Masaumi Shimizu \| 7 Soichiro Tateoka \| 10 Keiji Nakahara \| 12 Hiroaki Takaya \| 13 Hideaki Takahashi \| 17 Shota Ohba \| 18 Nagisa Arakaki \| 20 Shingo Tatsumi \| 22 Ayatsugu Yamashita \| 26 Hiroyuki Kawahara \| 29 Reo Chikada \| 31 Kenta Nakanishi \| 33 Sho Arima \| 37 Shuhei Fukuda \| 38 Yasushi Kamiuchi \| 39 Yuki Kume \| 41 Sho Iwasaki \| 43 Tomoaki Egawa \| 44 Yuki Yanagida \| 45 Lee Tu-Hsuan \| 53 Keisuke Kaneko \| 55 Teruaki Yoshikawa \| 55 Yusuke Kosai \| 56 Daichi Hoshino \| 57 Anthony Lerew \| 58 Takeshi Tsuji \| 59 Takaki Minami \| 60 Akira Nakamura \| 61 Kim Mu-yon \| 63 Ryuta Ohtahara \| 66 Kazumi Saitoh \| 64 Toru Takahashi \| 65 Yuki Shimooki \| 67 Masato Sakata \| 68 Koji Toyofuku \| 91 Yan Yao-Shun \| 121 Keisuke Yasuda (Trainee) \| 126 Daiki Nakahara (Trainee) \| 127 Daichiro Itoh (Trainee) \| 128 Kodai Senga (Trainee) \| 129 Taisei Makihara (Trainee) \| 130 Takuya Kai (Trainee) \| 131 Akihiro Yanase (Trainee) \| 132 Ryuta Ohtahara (Trainee) \| 133 Shunya Suzuki (Trainee) \| 134 Hiroaki Ohnishi (Trainee) \| 135 Yuji Ohshiro (Trainee) \| 136 Soichi Fujita (Trainee) \| 140 Juan DeLeon (Trainee) \|

First squad Coaching	Manager: 81 Koji Akiyama \| Head coach: 80 Daijiro Ohishi \| Pitching coaches: 82 Ikuo Takayama, 86 Keisaburo Tanoue \| Hitting coach: 83 Yoshiie Tachibana \| Baserunning coaches: 84 Hiroshi Yugamidani, 87 Tatsuya Ide \| Battery coach: 85 Tetsuya Matoyama \| Conditioning coaches: 92 Shuichi Yamakawa, 96 Shingo Kan

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 71 Yusuke Torigoe \| Pitching coach: 73 Manabu Saitoh \| Hitting coaches: 75 Yoshinori Yamamura \| Baserunning coaches: 77 Takaya Hayashi, 87 Akihito Igarashi \| Battery coach: 72 Masanori Taguchi \| Conditioning coach: 95 Takashi Kawamura \| Assistant conditioning coach: 93 Junji Hoshino \| Assistant coach (Pitchers): 94 Shinji Kurano \| Assistant coach (Fielders): 97 Katsuhiko Miyaji \| Assistant coach (Battery): 99 Hiroyuki Mori \|

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Name	Fujita, Soichi
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Date of birth	1972-10-17
Place of birth	Kyoto, Japan
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