Satoshi Fukuda

Satoshi Fukuda, born on 12 September 1983, is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yomiuri Giants from 2006 to 2015. He debuted with the Giants in 2006 and stayed with the club until his dismissal in 2015, when the team's investigation into illegal betting on professional and high school baseball games named him. The Giants terminated his contract on 9 November 2015 along with fellow pitchers Shoki Kasahara and Ryuya Matsumoto, and on 10 November the league commissioner imposed an indefinite disqualification across leagues recognised by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. He avoided a permanent ban because the investigation found no evidence that he had been involved in fixing matches, and he could apply for readmission after five years.