Yudai Kawai

Yudai Kawai
Kawai with the Chunichi Dragons
Pitcher
Born: (1980-06-17) 17 June 1980 (age 37) Kitasaku District, Nagano, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
April 20, 2005, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics (through 2016)
Win-Loss	28-31
ERA	3.44
Strikeouts	247
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (2005–2016)
Career highlights and awards
1x NPB All-Star selection (2009)

Yudai Kawai (川井 雄太, Kawai Yudai, born June 17, 1980 in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Japan) is a retired professional Japanese baseball player. He played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Kawai announced his retirement on 23 September 2016, and played his final game for the Dragons against the Hanshin Tigers at Nagoya Dome pitching 5 straight deliveries in a row to retire the pinch hitting Shunsuke Fujikawa.