Ryota Igarashi (??? ??, Igarashi Ryota, born May 28, 1979) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League.
Igarashi began his career with the Yakult Swallows of NPB in 1999.
For Yakult, he was a five-time All-Star.
After the 2009 season, Igarashi signed with the New York Mets of MLB as a free agent and pitched for them in 2010 and 2011.
He briefly pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees of MLB in 2012.