Eiji Bandō

{{short description|Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player, and Youtuber}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Eiji Bandō
板東 英二

| image = Eiji Bando 1959 Scan10006.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =Bandō in 1959

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|4|5}}

| birth_place = Manchukuo

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1959

| debutteam = Chunichi Dragons

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1969

| finalteam = Chunichi Dragons

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Win–loss

| stat1value = 77-65

| stat2label = ERA

| stat2value = 2.89

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 748

| teams =

• Chunichi Dragons ({{Baseball year|1959}} – {{Baseball year|1969}})

| highlights =

}}

{{nihongo|Eiji Bandō|板東 英二|Bandō Eiji|extra=born April 5, 1940}} is a Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player and YouTuber.{{Cite web |title=B.E.(Boiled Egg)チャンネル - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@BEch/videos |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.youtube.com}} He pitched many innings in his high school career. The Japan High School Baseball Federation was afraid that he would injure his arm, so they set a new rematch rule in 1958. However, he pitched 18 innings in a 1958 quarterfinal game, which resulted in the first rematch in the National High School Baseball Championship. He reached the final, but didn't win. His record of 83 strikeouts in the tournament remains unbroken.{{cite web |url=http://www2.asahi.com/koshien/special/kiroku/TKY200506210178.html |script-title=ja:鉄腕板東、驚異の奪三振記録 |language=ja |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |year=2005 |access-date=2010-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906142901/http://www2.asahi.com/koshien/special/kiroku/TKY200506210178.html |archive-date=2008-09-06 |url-status=dead }} He joined Chunichi Dragons but it is said that he didn't regain his pitching strength.{{cite web |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sp20000820mk.html |title=Koshien horror stories -- stop this madness now! |access-date=2007-12-17 |date=2000-08-20 |publisher=The Japan Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719093115/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sp20000820mk.html |archive-date=2009-07-19 }} He can't extend his elbow even now.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}