Kentaro Nishikawa

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

|name=Kentaro Nishikawa

|image=CD-Kentaro-Nishikawa20130306.jpg

|image_size=250

|caption=

|position= Batting practice pitcher

|team= Chunichi Dragons

|number= 117

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1993|4|18}}

|birth_place=Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

|debutdate= June 14

|debutyear= 2012

|debutteam=Chunichi Dragons

|statyear= 2016

|stat1label= ERA

|stat1value= 5.37

|stat2label= Strikeouts

|stat2value=37

|teams=

• Chunichi Dragons ({{Baseball year|2012}}–{{Baseball year|2016}})

}}

{{nihongo|Kentaro Nishikawa|西川 健太郎|Nishikawa Kentarō|extra=born April 4, 1993}} is a former professional Japanese baseball player. He is currently employed as a batting practice pitcher with the Chunichi Dragons.

On 1 October 2016, Nishikawa was released by the Dragons following a lack of development on the farm team.{{cite web | url=http://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/1718217.html | title=中日西川戦力外 エース候補も伸び悩む 現役希望 | publisher=Nikkan Sports | date=1 October 2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | language=Japanese}}