Shō Ishikawa
# Shō Ishikawa

Shō Ishikawa (石川翔, Ishikawa Shō, born December 14, 1999 in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

On 20 October 2017, Ishikawa was selected as the 2nd draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2017 NPB Draft and on 10 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥60,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥7,000,000 yearly salary.

Ishikawa's mother is Filipino and his father is Japanese. As a boy, Ishikawa liked watching former Yokohama DeNA BayStars fireballer Marc Kroon as well as Hanshin Tigers fireman, Kyuji Fujikawa. He admires Yomiuri Giants ace, Tomoyuki Sugano as well as former Giants star Suguru Egawa.

