Kenta Maeda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kenta Maeda

baseball player

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1988

Place of Birth: Tadaoka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Kenta Maeda (?? ??, Maeda Kenta, born April 11, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
He won the 2010 Eiji Sawamura Award with a record of 15–8 and a 2.21 ERA, with 174 strikeouts in 215 and 2/3 innings, and six complete games with two shutouts.
He also became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history to achieve the pitching Triple Crown in the same year.
He won the Sawamura Award for the second time in 2015. He is nicknamed "Maeken" by fans and teammates (from MAEda KENta)