Ken Okamoto


Ken Okamoto is a Japanese Professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon [Professional Baseball].

Early Baseball career

Okamoto participated in the 3rd grade spring 82nd Japanese [High School Baseball Invitational Tournament] as an ace pitcher at Kobe International University Attached High School.
In 2013, He won the 39th Japan Corporate Baseball Leaguel Championship as the Nippon Steel Kazusa Magic pitcher and was chosen as a Most valuable player.

Professional career

On October 24, 2013, Okamoto was drafted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.