Rōki Sasaki

Biography

Roki Sasaki is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Born on November 3, 2001, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Sasaki set a Japanese high school baseball record with a 101mph fastball. He made his NPB debut in 2021 for the Chiba Lotte Marines and threw a perfect game in 2022, tying the NPB record for strikeouts in one game and setting a new record for consecutive strikeouts.