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Shō Ishikawa

Shō Ishikawa

Japanese baseball player


Shō Ishikawa (石川翔, Ishikawa Shō, born December 14, 1999 in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

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On 20 October 2017, Ishikawa was selected as the 2nd draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2017 NPB Draft and on 10 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥60,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥7,000,000 yearly salary.[1]

Ishikawa's mother is Filipino and his father is Japanese.[2] As a boy, Ishikawa liked watching former Yokohama DeNA BayStars fireballer Marc Kroon as well as Hanshin Tigers fireman, Kyuji Fujikawa.[3] He admires Yomiuri Giants ace, Tomoyuki Sugano as well as former Giants star Suguru Egawa.[4]


References

  1. "石川「活躍して家族のために豪邸建てたい」 契約金6000万円 年俸700万円で仮契約". Chunichi Sports (in Japanese). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. "<新時代の旗手>2位・投手 石川翔(下)". 中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  3. "中日ドラ2右腕・石川翔は「江川卓マニア」". 東スポWeb - 東京スポーツ新聞社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-26.



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