Kazuya Shimokawa

Kazuya Shimokawa (下川 知弥)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 172 lb.

• School Komazawa University
• High School Chikuyo Gakuen High School

• Born October 22, 1992 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Japan

Biographical Information

Kazuya Shimokawa played for NTT East Japan in the industrial leagues after college. He made the Japanese national team for the 2019 Asian Championship. He hit .428/.466.857 with 7 RBI and a event-leading 7 runs in the first five games (tied with Juan Diego Lozano). The second baseman was 8th in slugging, tied Jin Yang for second in RBI (two behind Tatsuhiko Satoh) Shimokawa also blasted a home run off Guoqing Liu of China. In the Gold Medal Game, he hit 1st and going 2-for-5 in a 4-5 loss to Taiwan.

Sources

• Official Website of Samurai Japan
• 2019 Asian Championship box score report