Akira Iwamoto

Quick Facts

Full Name	Akira Iwamoto
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 21, 1992(1992-10-21)
Age	32
Birthplace	Hōfu
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hōfu
Horoscope	Capricorn

Akira Iwamoto Biography

Akira Iwamoto is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on October 21, 1992 in Hōfu, Hōfu, Japan. The Tigers selected him as their 4th pick on October 28, and he signed a contract for an annual salary of 6 million yen, plus a 40 million yen signing bonus.

In October 2010, he submitted his application for the 2010 professional baseball draft, with the condition that he will only turn pro should he receive 4th nomination or higher. Otherwise, he would join the industrial leagues.

On July 7, 2018, Iwamoto signed a contract with the Orix Buffaloes.

In his sophomore high school year, he pitched 2 consecutive complete games, and brought his team to the quarterfinals of Spring Koshien. The next year, his school made it to Summer Koshien, but got eliminated in the 1st round (2-1), despite him finishing the game with 99 pitches without relief nor walks issued.

Akira Iwamoto Net Worth

Akira Iwamoto is one of the richest Baseball Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Akira Iwamoto 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He continued pitching in ni-gun games, and recorded his 1st shutout game against Orix in August. His success in ni-gun paid off, and he finally made it to the active roster on September 8. The following day, he debuted as a starter against the Dragons in Nagoya Dome, where he pitched 6 shutout innings (2 hits) and recorded his first pro victory. With this, he became the 13th Hanshin pitcher to record a win on his first outing, and just the 4th pitcher out of high school to do so, the last one being Osamu Nishimura in 1951. He was temporarily demoted to ni-gun to make way for additional players in the active roster, but on his 2nd outing against the Swallows, he again recorded another win, making him the 3rd pitcher in franchise history to do so since Yukio Nishimura in 1937. On October 5, he would have been the first ever Hanshin pitcher to win all of his first 3 career starts, but due to a fielding error by Ryota Arai that resulted to a run and the lack of run support from the lineup, he earned his first career loss despite surrendering only 3 hits and no runs in 6 innings of work.

Akira Iwamoto (岩本 輝 , Iwamoto Akira, born October 21, 1992) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes.

Listed at 182 centimeters, Iwamoto is a right-handed pitcher who throws mostly fastballs, the occasional slider, and forkballs as changeup. He tries to emulate Tsunemi Tsuda, a former Hiroshima Carp pitcher and reliever who went to the same high school as he did. He has been called “Tsuda the 2nd” because his 150 km/h fastball is reminiscent of the late pitcher.

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Akira Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Akira Iwamoto celebrates birthday on October 21 of every year.