# Kazuto Taguchi
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{{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](/source/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](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))|
|stat1value=47–57
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=3.32
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=710
|teams=
* [Yomiuri Giants](/source/Yomiuri_Giants) ({{npby|2014}}–{{npby|2020}})
* [Tokyo Yakult Swallows](/source/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows) ({{npby|2021}}–present)
|highlights=
* [Japan Series champion](/source/Japan_Series) ([2021](/source/2021_Japan_Series))
* [NPB All-Star](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_All-Star_Game) ({{npby|2023}})
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [baseball](/source/baseball)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{bb|JPN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [18U Baseball World Cup](/source/18U_Baseball_World_Cup)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2013 Taichung](/source/2013_18U_Baseball_World_Cup) | [Team](/source/Japan_national_baseball_team)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [WBSC Premier12](/source/WBSC_Premier12)}}
{{MedalGold| [2019 Tokyo](/source/2019_WBSC_Premier_12) | [Team](/source/Japan_national_baseball_team) }}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kazuto Taguchi'''|田口 麗斗|Taguchi Kazuto|extra=born September 14, 1995}} is a Japanese professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) for the [Tokyo Yakult Swallows](/source/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows) of [Nippon Professional Baseball](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball) (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the [Yomiuri Giants](/source/Yomiuri_Giants).
==Professional career==
===Yomiuri Giants===
On October 24, 2013, Taguchi was drafted by the [Yomiuri Giants](/source/Yomiuri_Giants) in the [2013 Nippon Professional Baseball draft](/source/2013_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_draft).[{{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](/source/Nikkan_Sports)|date=November 17, 2013|accessdate=April 13, 2021}}]
On April 11, 2015, He debuted in the [Central League](/source/Central_League) against the [Tokyo Yakult Swallows](/source/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows), and recorded his first win.[{{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}}]
On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the [2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series](/source/2018_MLB_Japan_All-Star_Series) exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[{{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 }}] On February 27, 2019, he was selected for [Japan national baseball team](/source/Japan_national_baseball_team) at the 2019 exhibition games against [Mexico](/source/Mexico_national_baseball_team).[{{ 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 }}] On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the [2019 WBSC Premier12](/source/2019_WBSC_Premier12).[{{ 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 }}]
===Tokyo Yakult Swallows===
On March 1, 2021, Taguchi was traded to the [Tokyo Yakult Swallows](/source/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows).[{{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](/source/Sankei_Sports)|date=March 1, 2021|accessdate=April 13, 2021}}]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|brm=taguch000kaz}}
* [http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/41945139.html NPB.jp]
{{Tokyo Yakult Swallows roster navbox}}
{{Japan roster 2019 WBSC Premier12}}
{{2021 Tokyo Yakult Swallows}}
{{Yomiuri Giants 2013 Draft Picks}}
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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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