Tomohito Sakai

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

| name = Tomohito Sakai

| image = Tomohito Sakai 200916.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption =

| position = Pitcher

| team = Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

| number = 28

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|2}}

| birth_place = Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = April 25

| debutyear = 2017

| debutteam = Chiba Lotte Marines

| statyear = 2024 season

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 27-22

| stat2label = ERA

| stat2value = 3.64

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 332

| stat4label = Saves

| stat4value = 4

| stat5label = Holds

| stat5value = 108

| teams =

• Chiba Lotte Marines ({{npby|2017}}-{{npby|2019}})
• Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ({{npby|2020}}-present)

}}

{{Nihongo|Tomohito Sakai|酒居 知史|Sakai Tomohito|born January 2, 1993 in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture}} is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

On December 19, 2018, he was sent to Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles as compensation from the earlier transferred for Manabu Mima.{{ cite web | url=https://www.rakuteneagles.jp/news/detail/00002671.html | title=人的補償に関して | work=東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス オフィシャルサイト | language=Japanese | date=December 19, 2019 | accessdate=January 13, 2020 }}{{ cite web | url=https://www.marines.co.jp/news/detail/00005053.html | title=酒居投手 移籍について | work=千葉ロッテマリーンズ オフィシャルサイト | language=Japanese | date=December 19, 2019 | accessdate=January 13, 2020 }}