Hisashi Iwakuma (岩隈 久志, Iwakuma Hisashi, born April 12, 1981) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.Iwakuma made his professional debut with the Buffaloes in 2000. He was named a NPB All-Star in 2003 and 2004, and played in the 2004 Athens Olympics. He joined the Eagles in 2005. As the Eagles' reigning staff ace, Iwakuma won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 2008, and was also a NPB All-Star that year. He appeared in the 2009 World Baseball Classic for the Japanese national team. Wikipedia
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