Shota Watanabe

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

|name=Shota Watanabe

|image=Shota Watanabe at Tohoku Rakuten.jpg

|image_size=250px

|caption=

|position=Pitcher

|team=Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

|number=31

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|2000|10|29}}

|birth_place=Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

|debutleague=NPB

|debutdate=June 3

|debutyear=2023

|debutteam=Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

| statyear = 2024 season

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 15-5

| stat2label = ERA

| stat2value = 2.72

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 82

| stat4label = Saves

| stat4value = 1

| stat5label = Holds

| stat5value = 37

|teams=

• Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ({{npby|2023}}–present)

}}

{{nihongo|Shota Watanabe|渡辺 翔太|Watanabe Shota|extra=born October 29, 2000 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan}} is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.{{cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/23525157.html|title=Register : Watanabe,Shota (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles)|last=一般社団法人日本野球機構|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rakuteneagles.jp/team/player/detail/2024_00001021.html|title=31 渡辺 翔太 選手名鑑2024 - 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス|website=www.rakuteneagles.jp|accessdate=11 February 2024}}