Mizuki Akatsuka - Switch pitcher in Japan

Mizuki Akatsuka

Rare switch pitcher and switch hitter from Japan.

Rikkyo University in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.
(freshman in 2017)

Age 19

Pitches: fastball, off-speed, and breaking ball

Velocity: 140 kph or 87 mph right-handed; 135 kph or 84 mph left-handed

Dominant arm: right

Glove: 6-finger custom glove like Pat Venditte

Goal: Mizuki Akatsuka wants to be the first ever switch-pitcher, and switch-hitter to play in Nippon Professional Baseball,

Japan has a college player that can switch-pitch, and also switch-hit

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2017 BY 僕は野球好き (REN)

Mizuki Akatsuka.

Ambidextrous pitchers are very hard to come by these days, let alone stay committed with it for quite a long time… but doing both switch-pitching, and switch-hitting at the same time? Now that is pretty much out of this world. But, nope, not anymore! Because in Japan, we have Mizuki Akatsuka (19 years of age) that can do all of that. Akatsuka is in college right now (first-year student), currently attending in Rikkyo University that is located in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.

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