Takeru Sasaki

Takeru Sasaki is the kind of pitcher who makes you lean forward in your seat — a left-hander out of Aomori who took the slow road through Fuji University and NTT East before landing with the Saitama Seibu Lions in the 2020 draft. His 2023 season was genuinely exciting, posting a sub-1.00 ERA across 21 appearances and looking like a bullpen piece you could actually count on, which made the August Tommy John surgery that year feel like a real gut punch. The guy carved out a niche as a reliever with legit stuff, and now he's grinding his way back post-surgery — that kind of resilience doesn't show up in any stat line but it says a lot about a player. Still in his late twenties with a full recovery ahead of him, I think there's a real second chapter waiting here if his elbow holds up.

Takeru Sasaki is a Japanese baseball player born on May 13, 1996, in Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture. He attended Fuji University. Most details of his professional career and personal life have not been made public.

Name (English)

Takeru Sasaki

Name (Japanese)

佐々木健

Reading

ささき たける

Born

May 13, 1996 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat (子)

Origin

Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Baseball Player

University

Fuji University

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/takechi513/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E3%80%85%E6%9C%A8%E5%81%A5%20(%E5%B7%A6%E6%8A%95%E6%89%8B)

Tags

• From Aomori Prefecture
• Baseball Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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