Shin'ichi Kondō

Okay, I have to lead with the thing, because how could I not: this guy threw a no-hitter in his very first professional game. His debut. I still can't fully wrap my head around it. Most rookies are just praying not to walk the bases loaded, and Shin'ichi Kondo strolls out and doesn't let a single hit through. The nerve on that. He was a tall right-hander out of Ichinomiya in Aichi, pitching for the Dragons, and at 183cm he had that easy, towering delivery I can picture without ever having seen it. He always reads to me like the quiet, workmanlike type rather than a mound-screamer, the kind who just keeps grinding. Whatever else his career held, that opening night is the stuff of legend, and honestly the baseball gods clearly had a soft spot for him.

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Shin'ichi Kondō is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher born on September 8, 1968, in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, who now manages the baseball team of Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University. Standing 183 cm tall, he is right-handed and played for the Chunichi Dragons. He is notably remembered for throwing a no-hitter in his professional debut game, one of the rarest achievements in baseball.

Name (English)

Shin'ichi Kondō

Name (Japanese)

近藤真市

Reading

こんどう しんいち

Born

September 8, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

183cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E8%97%A4%E7%9C%9F%E5%B8%82
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11638876

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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