Cheng Kai-Wen

Cheng Kai-wen has one of the more well-traveled careers in East Asian baseball, and I find his journey genuinely interesting. The Tainan-born pitcher made the leap from Taiwan to Japan, taking the mound in NPB for the Hanshin Tigers and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars before returning home to the CTBC Brothers in the CPBL. Crossing leagues like that is no small thing, the adjustment in culture and competition is brutal. As a Taiwanese arm who tested himself in Japan and came back to anchor a CPBL bullpen, he represents the kind of cross-border ambition that makes the regional game so compelling to follow.

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Name (English)

Cheng Kai-Wen

Name (Japanese)

鄭凱文

Reading

ちぇん・かいうぇん

Born

July 26, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Tainan, Taiwan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

University

Chinese Culture University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng%20Kai-wen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E5%87%B1%E6%96%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5091227

Tags

• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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