Takayuki Kato

Takayuki Kato (加藤 貴之) is a professional Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career
Kato made his Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) debut in 2016 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

In the 2022 season, Kato made 22 appearances and posted an 8-7 record and 2.01 ERA with 98 strikeouts in 147.2 innings pitched. In addition, he set an NPB record by only issuing 11 walks all season. The previous record was set by Jiro Noguchi during the 1950 season.