Ryōsuke Nishikawa

Picked fifth overall out of high school by his hometown Chiba Lotte Marines in the 2020 draft, Ryosuke Nishikawa came in carrying serious hype — 55 career high school home runs and batting practice shots that cleared 100 meters will do that to a scouting report. The raw power was real. What followed was the kind of story NPB farms are full of: three seasons grinding through the minor league system without cracking the top roster, strikeout numbers that wouldn't budge fast enough, then a release and a tryout that didn't end with a second NPB shot. By 2024 he was suiting up for an independent league team in Shizuoka, which is a long fall from fifth pick, but also — honestly — not the end of anything. He's 22 years old. Guys with his bat speed find their footing in stranger places than that. I'm not writing this one off yet.

Ryōsuke Nishikawa (西川僚祐) is a Japanese professional baseball player born on April 19, 2002, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. He is active in Japanese professional baseball, though details about his team, agency, and career trajectory have not been publicly disclosed. Most personal information, including his height, education, and family background, remains private.

Name (English)

Ryōsuke Nishikawa

Name (Japanese)

西川僚祐

Reading

にしかわ りょうすけ

Born

April 19, 2002 (age 24)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse

Origin

Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Occupation

Professional Baseball Player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/r_nishikawa4/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%B7%9D%E5%83%9A%E7%A5%90

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Professional Baseball Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.