Famous People with Name Masaichi

Masaichi Kaneda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaichi Kaneda: a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He is one of the most well-known pitchers in Japanese baseball history, and is the only Japanese pitcher to have won 400 games. He was inducted in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.He was nicknamed "The Emperor" because he was the most dominant pitcher in Japan during his prime. He batted and threw left-handed.His parents were Koreans in Japan and his real Korean name was Kim Kyung-Hong. Kaneda was naturalized in Japan in 1959. His three younger brothers all played in the Japanese professional leagues. His son works as an actor, and his nephew, Akihito Kaneishi, also had considerable success as a professional baseball player. He has been married twice, and divorced once. He is known to have three children.