Famous People with Name Daisuke

Daisuke Hayakawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Hayakawa: a professional baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines. He was the number 5 draft pick for the Orix BlueWave in 2002.

Daisuke Kusano            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Kusano: a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.

Daisuke Miura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Miura: a professional baseball player from Kashihara, Nara, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.In 2005, he led the Central League in strikeouts (177) and ERA (2.52). Miura became a free agent after an injury-plagued 2008 season. Both the BayStars and the Hanshin Tigers, a team that Miura has seen great success against in his career, were bidding for his services. Miura decided to return to the BayStars, who offered him a 4-year contract worth 1 billion yen (about $10 million USD), as opposed to the Tigers, who were offering three years and 900 million yen. Miura's new contract ensures that the 34-year old pitcher will finish his career in Yokohama.

Daisuke Ochi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Ochi: a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. As a rookie in 2008, Ochi was a key member of a young Giants bullpen that came within three outs of a Japan Series title. Ochi was the losing pitcher in Game 7 of that series against the Saitama Seibu Lions, after he hit Lions second baseman Yasuyuki Kataoka. Kataoka then stole second and third, then was driven home to tie the game. Ochi put another man on and was ultimately charged with what proved to be the series-winning run.

Daisuke Yamai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Yamai: a professional baseball pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons. In the 2007 Nippon Series he threw eight innings of a combined perfect game with Hitoki Iwase to decide the series against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.