Takuya Mitsuma
{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox NPB player
| name = Takuya Mitsuma
三ツ間卓也
| image =
| image_size = 250
| caption =
| position = Pitcher
| team =
| number =
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|22}}
| birth_place = Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
| debutdate = 31 March
| debutyear = 2017
| debutteam = Chunichi Dragons
| statyear = 2020
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = Win–loss record
| stat1value = 4–3
| stat2label = ERA
| stat2value = 5.14
| stat3label = Strikeouts
| stat3value = 72
| teams =
- Musashino Heat Bears ({{Baseball year|2015}})
- Chunichi Dragons ({{Baseball year|2016}}–{{Baseball year|2021}})
}}
{{nihongo|Takuya Mitsuma|三ツ間卓也|Mitsuma Takuya|extra=born July 22, 1992 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan}} is a Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher. He is currently a free agent having previously played for the Chunichi Dragons.
Mitsuma is a descendant of Heian period poet, scholar and politician, Sugawara no Michizane through his mother.{{Cite news |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2015/12/11/kiji/K20151211011666950.html |title=中日育成３位三ツ間 祖先は菅原道真!「ボクの中では笑い話」 |date=2015-12-11 |work=Sponichi |access-date=2020-02-28 |language=ja |trans-title=Chunichi Dev. Draft #3 pick, Mitsuma's ancestor is Sugawara no Michizane! "It's kind of a joke to me"}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/1743277.html |title=中日が三ツ間と支配下契約 菅原道真の末裔右腕 |date=2016-11-25 |work=Nikkan Sports |access-date=2020-02-28 |language=ja |trans-title=Chunichi's Mitsumata to full-time rostered deal; Sugahara no Michizane's descendant righty }}
Early career
He was the 3rd pick for the Dragons in the 2015 Development Draft.{{cite web|title=２０１５年育成ドラフト指名選手(2015 Trainee Draft Selections)|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/npb/2015/draft/shimei_ikusei.html|website=Sponichi|language=ja|accessdate=21 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519222217/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/npb/2015/draft/shimei_ikusei.html|archive-date=19 May 2016}} On 12 November 2015, he signed a development player contract with a ¥2,000,000 moving allowance and a ¥3,000,000 yearly salary.{{Cite news |url=https://www.draft-kaigi.jp/draftnews/2015draftnews/26351/ |title=仮契約を交わした選手の紹介 |date=2015-11-12 |work=Draft Kaigi |access-date=2020-02-28 |language=ja |trans-title=Introduction to players that have signed pre-contracts}}
Professional career
On 25 November 2016, due to positive performances in the Dragons farm team including being the teams' first day starter in the yearly Phoenix League,{{Cite news |url=http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/dragons/news/201610/CK2016100302000096.html |title=三ツ間、竜育成初！！開幕投手ゲット (Mitsuma opening day starter; trainee first!) |date=3 October 2016 |publisher=Chunichi Sports |access-date=2 December 2016|language=ja}} Mitsuma was awarded with a ¥4,400,000 full time contract being added to the first team roster.{{Cite news |url=http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/dragons/news/201611/CK2016112602000105.html |title=三ツ間、１年で支配下登録ゲット (Mitsuma registered to the first team after one year) |date=26 November 2016 |publisher=Chunichi Sports |access-date=2 December 2016|language=ja}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.hochi.co.jp/baseball/npb/20161125-OHT1T50213.html |title=【中日】昨季育成３位・三ツ間と支配下契約「ちょっと緊張がおりた」 (Last season's #3 trainee draft pick Mitsuma added to the first team roster "I was a little nervous") |date=26 November 2016 |publisher=Sports Hochi |access-date=2 December 2016|language=ja}}
References
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External links
- [http://dragons.jp/teamdata/players/mitsuma_t.html Dragons.jp]
- [http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/01805132.html NPB.jp]
{{Chunichi Dragons 2015 Draft Picks}}
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Category:Baseball people from Gunma Prefecture
Category:Japanese baseball players
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Category:Chunichi Dragons players
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