Shōtarō Kasahara

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Shōtarō Kasahara
Kasahara with the Chunichi Dragons
Oisix Niigata Albirex – No. 47
Pitcher
Born: (1995-03-17) March 17, 1995 (age 29) Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Professional debut
NPB: 30 June, 2017, for the Chunichi Dragons
CPBL: 5 April, 2024, for the TSG Hawks
NPB statistics (through 2023 season)
Win–loss	11–15
Earned run average	4.44
Strikeouts	169
CPBL statistics (through June 8, 2024)
Win–loss	1–1
Earned run average	3.18
Strikeouts	13
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (2017–2022) Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2023) TSG Hawks (2024)

Shōtarō Kasahara (笠原 祥太郎, Kasahara Shōtarō, born March 17, 1995) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Oisix Niigata Albirex of the Eastern League. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Chunichi Dragons and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the TSG Hawks.

Kashara was admitted to Niigata University of Health and Welfare without consideration for his baseball talent and was able to, over time, increase his velocity from throwing in the mid 130s (km/h) to throwing in the high 140s (km/h).In the 2016 university fall league, he achieved a 0.72 ERA, claimed the most wins title and was chosen in the Best 9.^[1]

Kasahara was the 4th pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.^[1][2]

On 9 December 2022, Kasahara was traded for Seiya Hosokawa in the 2022 Current Player Draft.^[3] He made only 2 starts for Yokohama in 2023, posting an 0–2 record and 4.50 ERA with 5 strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work.

On November 26, 2023, Kasahara signed with the TSG Hawks of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.^[4] In three starts for the Hawks, he compiled a 3.18 ERA with 13 strikeouts across 17 innings pitched. Kasahara was released by the Hawks on June 8, 2024.^[5]

On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.^[6]

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