Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was nicknamed "The Monster", set a still-standing record of 60 strikeouts in National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in the spring of 1973.
Daisuke Matsuzaka ( , Matsuzaka Daisuke, [matszaka daiske; born September 13, 1980) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). 
