{{short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1995)}} {{Infobox NPB player |name=Kazuto Taguchi |image=Giants taguchi90.JPG |image_size=250px |caption=Taguchi with the Yomiuri Giants |position=Pitcher |team=Tokyo Yakult Swallows |number=34 |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1995|9|14}} |birth_place=Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan |debutleague=NPB |debutdate=April 11 |debutyear=2015 |debutteam=Yomiuri Giants |finalleague= |finaldate= |finalyear= |finalteam= |statyear=2025 season |stat1label=Win–loss record| |stat1value=47–57 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.32 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=710 |teams= * Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2014}}–{{npby|2020}}) * Tokyo Yakult Swallows ({{npby|2021}}–present) |highlights= * Japan Series champion (2021) * NPB All-Star ({{npby|2023}}) |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's baseball}} {{MedalCountry | {{bb|JPN}}}} {{MedalCompetition | 18U Baseball World Cup}} {{MedalSilver | 2013 Taichung | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | WBSC Premier12}} {{MedalGold| 2019 Tokyo | Team }} }}
{{nihongo|'''Kazuto Taguchi'''|田口 麗斗|Taguchi Kazuto|extra=born September 14, 1995}} is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Yomiuri Giants.
==Professional career== ===Yomiuri Giants=== On October 24, 2013, Taguchi was drafted by the Yomiuri Giants in the 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/professional/draft/2013/news/p-bb-tp0-20131117-1219332.html|title=Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) 巨人ドラ3田口の夢 原監督にＶ焼きそば|language=ja-JP|work=Nikkan Sports|date=November 17, 2013|accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>
On April 11, 2015, He debuted in the Central League against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, and recorded his first win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/1460154.html|title=Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) 巨人田口、初先発&初勝利&初安打&初打点&初V打|language=ja-JP|work=Nikkan Sports|date=April 11, 2015|accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>
On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.giants.jp/G/gnews/news_3913398.html | title=8日の「2018日米野球」参加メンバー決まる | work=読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト | language=ja | date=November 16, 2018 | access-date=December 5, 2018 }}</ref> On February 27, 2019, he was selected for Japan national baseball team at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.japan-baseball.jp/jp/news/press/20190218_1.html | title=ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定 | work=野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=February 18, 2019 | access-date=February 27, 2019 }}</ref> On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.japan-baseball.jp/jp/news/press/20191001_4.html | title=「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について | work=野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=October 1, 2019 | access-date=October 12, 2019 }}</ref>
===Tokyo Yakult Swallows=== On March 1, 2021, Taguchi was traded to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanspo.com/baseball/news/20210301/gia21030112300002-n1.html|title=Sankei Sports baseball news (Japanese) 巨人・田口とヤクルト・広岡のトレードが決定|language=ja-JP|work=Sankei Sports|date=March 1, 2021|accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|brm=taguch000kaz}} * [http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/41945139.html NPB.jp]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taguchi, Kazuto}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese expatriate baseball players in Puerto Rico Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Category:Baseball people from Hiroshima Prefecture Category:Yomiuri Giants players Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows players Category:2019 WBSC Premier12 players Category:Leones de Ponce baseball players Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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