KAI Takuya

Premier 12

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2019

Kai cannon. (japantimes.co.jp, 05 Nov 2018; jiji.com, 12 Mar 2021)

Athlete

Japanese

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks [Japan] since 2014

Kimiyasu Kudo [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Catcher (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

Bats right, throws right (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

2017 for Japan Against Republic of Korea, Asian Championships in Tokyo, Japan (japantimes.co.jp, 05 Nov 2018)

NPB [JPN] (npb.jp, 26 May 2021)

He began the sport in grade one of primary school. (mainichi.jp, 26 Feb 2018)

He was influenced by his older brother. (mainichi.jp, 26 Feb 2018)

His mother, and his coach at high school, Hiroaki Miyaji, who suggested he switch position from infield to catcher. (mainichi.jp, 26 Feb 2018; friday.kodansha.co.jp, 06 Dec 2018)

"There is always a reason for failure." (friday.kodansha.co.jp, 06 Dec 2018)

He received a Golden Glove Award as catcher from Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. (japantimes.co.jp, 31 Oct 2019; softbankhawks.co.jp, 26 May 2020)

He received a Best Nine Award from NPB in the 2017 and 2020 seasons. (softbankhawks.co.jp, 26 May 2020)

He was named Japan Series Most Valuable Player in 2018. (japantimes.co.jp, 05 Nov 2018; kochinews.co.jp, 06 Mar 2019)