Sho Akiyama

Sho Akiyama (秋山 翔)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 6", Weight 154 lb.

• School Musashi University
• High School Nihon University Tsurugaoka High School

• Born April 9, 1996 in Tokyo Prefecture Japan

Biographical Information

Sho Akiyama has pitched for the Japanese national team.

Akiyama played for Mitsubishi Okazaki in the industrial leagues after college. He pitched for Japan in the 2023 Asian Championship. He debuted against Thailand, pitching 4 perfect innings with 5 strikeouts, and completed a 5-inning mercy rule perfect Game with his teammate Yoshiki Fuchigami. Akiyama then dueled with Byeong-heon Lee of South Korea, pitched 6 innings with only a run allowed and 8 strikeouts to get the win. Japan won Gold in the event. He was third in the event in K (behind Jo-Hsi Hsu and Muhammad Amjad Aslam), tied for the most wins (with Mizuki Kato, Stefan Mufareh and Yu-Cheng Wu) and had the best ERA of anyone who allowed an earned run.