Ren Mukunoki

Ren Mukunoki (椋木 蓮)

• Bats Left Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 220 lb.

• School Tohoku Fukushi University
• High School Takagawa Gakuen High School

• Born January 22, 2000 in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Japan

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Biographical Information

Ren Mukunoki has pitched in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Mukunoki won the MVP of the Sendai Big-Six Universities Baseball League in the 2020 fall season, and he was drafted by the Orix Buffaloes in the first round of the 2021 NPB draft ; the scout was Kazuhiro Uemura. He was one out away from completing a no-hitter against the Nippon Ham Fighters on July 20, 2022, but Ryusei Sato's single broke it up. Mukunoki ended up 2-1 with a 1.02 ERA in his rookie year, but he then missed a year because he underwent Tommy John surgery. He returned in 2024, but his ERA was 5.54 in 10 appearances.

Mukunoki's repertoire features a fastball that peaks at 95.7 mph, a curveball, changeup and a slider.

Sources

• Wiki Japan