
The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are pleased to announce that today, December 24th (Tuesday), we have reached an agreement with pitcher Koji Fukutani (33) of the Chunichi Dragons, who exercised his domestic free agent (FA) rights, to join our team.
[Name] Koji Fukutani
[Date of Birth] January 9, 1991
[Hometown] Aichi Prefecture
[Position] Pitcher
[Height] Weight: 183cm/93kg
[Pitching/Batting] Right-handed pitcher, right-handed batter
[Career] Yokosuka High School (Aichi Prefecture) - Keio University - Chunichi Dragons (2012 Draft 1st Round Pick, 2013-2024)
| year | Affiliated team | Pitching | victory | defeat | save | hold | Complete game | shutout victory | Innings pitched | hit | home run | four balls | Hit by pitch | Strikeout | Goals conceded | earned run | defense rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7.36 | |
| 2014 | 72 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 74.2 | 54 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 72 | 15 | 15 | 1.81 | |
| 2015 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 4.05 | |
| 2016 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 4.05 | |
| 2017 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 35 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 5.74 | |
| 2018 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 5.00 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | |
| 2020 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 81 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 72 | 27 | 27 | 2.64 | |
| 2021 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103.1 | 112 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 73 | 55 | 52 | 4.53 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 42 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 9.00 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 72 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 5.17 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3.72 | |
| total | 278 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 523 | 554 | 52 | 137 | 10 | 395 | 247 | 235 | 4.04 | |