Kyuji Fujikawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kyuji Fujikawa

Baseball pitcher

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1980

Place of Birth: Kōchi, Japan

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kyuji Fujikawa (?? ??, Fujikawa Kyuji, born July 21, 1980) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball.
He previously pitched for the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Fujikawa pitched in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
A prototypical power pitcher, Fujikawa is said to have one of the most explosive fastballs in all of Japanese professional baseball and is one of Japan's premier relievers.