Kimiyasu Kudo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kimiyasu Kudo

baseball player

Date of Birth: 05-May-1963

Place of Birth: Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Kimiyasu Kudo (?? ??, Kudo Kimiyasu, born May 5, 1963 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and the current manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.
During his career, he recorded 224 career wins.
Among other records, he was the oldest pitcher in NPB history to strike out 10 batters in a game, doing so at the age of 41 years and 11 months.
However, despite all his accolades, he never won the Sawamura Award, given to Japan's top pitcher. As manager, Kudo has led the Hawks to Japan Series championships in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019.