| Ken Kadokura 門倉健 | |
| Position: | Starting pitcher/ Pitching Coach |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Iruma, Saitama, Japan |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | NPB |
| Debutdate: | July 26 |
| Debutyear: | 1996 |
| Debutteam: | Chunichi Dragons |
| Debut2league: | KBO |
| Debut2date: | April 18 |
| Debut2year: | 2009 |
| Debut2team: | SK Wyverns |
| Statleague: | NPB |
| Statyear: | 2008 |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss |
| Stat1value: | 78–82 |
| Stat2label: | Strikeout |
| Stat2value: | 1146 |
| Stat3label: | Earned run average |
| Stat3value: | 4.36 |
| Stat2league: | KBO |
| Stat21label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat21value: | 27–17 |
| Stat23label: | Earned run average |
| Stat23value: | 4.03 |
| Stat24label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat24value: | 303 |
| Teams: | As Player
As Coach
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is a retired Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (Chunichi Dragons, Yomiuri Giants) and the KBO League. He threw a four-seam fastball, a slider, and a fork ball.
After 13 years in NPB, Kadokura made his debut in the Korea Baseball Organization with the SK Wyverns in 2009.[1] He signed with the Samsung Lions in January 2011.
As of 2019, Kadokura will be serving as a pitching coach for the Chunichi Dragons' second team.
On May 15, 2021, he resigned as a coach.[2]
Kadokura had gone missing in 2021,[3] but resurfaced after 22 days.[4]