Ken Kadokura

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Ken Kadokura 門倉健
Starting pitcher/ Pitching Coach
Born: (1973-03-09) March 9, 1973 (age 48) Iruma, Saitama, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: July 26, 1996, for the Chunichi Dragons
KBO: April 18, 2009, for the SK Wyverns
NPB statistics (through 2008)
Win-Loss	78-82
Strikeout	1146
Earned run average	4.36
KBO statistics
Win–loss record	27-17
Earned run average	4.03
Strikeouts	303
Teams
As Player Chunichi Dragons (1996–1999) Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (2000–2003) Yokohama BayStars (2004–2006) Yomiuri Giants (2007–2008) SK Wyverns (2009–2010) Samsung Lions (2011) As Coach Samsung Lions (2013–2015) Chunichi Dragons (2019–2021)
Career highlights and awards
Korean Series champion (2011)

Ken Kadokura (門倉 健, Kadokura Ken, born March 9, 1973) is a retired Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (Chunichi Dragons, Yomiuri Giants), Major League Baseball (Chicago Cubs), and the KBO League. He threw a four-seam fastball, a slider, and a fork ball.

Biography[]

After 13 years in NPB, Kadokura made his debut in the Korea Baseball Organization with the SK Wyverns in 2009.^[1] He signed with the Samsung Lions in January 2011.

As of 2019, Kadokura will be serving as a pitching coach for the Chunichi Dragons' second team.

On May 15, 2021, he resigned as a coach.^[2]

Kadokura had gone missing in 2021,^[3] but resurfaced after 22 days.^[4]

See also[]

• List of solved missing person cases

References[]

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