My Take
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.
Overview
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.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball Player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Fuji University
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.