Kona Takahashi

Japanese baseball player

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Baseball player

Kona Takahashi

Takahashi with the Saitama Seibu Lions

Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 13

Pitcher

Born: (1997-02-03) February 3, 1997 (age 27)
Numata, Gunma, Japan

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut

August 2, 2015, for the Saitama Seibu Lions

NPB statistics
(through June 22, 2024)

Win–loss record

65–65

ERA

3.46

Strikeouts

759

Teams

Saitama Seibu Lions (2015–present)

Career highlights and awards

1× NPB All-Star (2019)

Medals

Men's baseball

Representing Japan
18U Baseball World Cup
	2013 Taichung	Team

Kona Takahashi (高橋光成, Takahashi Kōna, born February 3, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career

Takahashi was a member of the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League for the 2017-18 season.

Takahashi made 26 appearances for the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2022, compiling a 12–8 record and 2.20 ERA with 128 strikeouts across 175+2⁄3 innings pitched. In 2023, he pitched in 23 games, accumulating a 10–8 record and 2.21 ERA with 120 strikeouts across 155 innings pitched.^[1]