title: Shoichi Ino
text: # Shoichi Ino
  
  Shoichi Ino (井納 翔一, Inoh Shoichi, born May 1, 1986 in Koto, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants.
  
  ## Professional career
  
  ### Yokohama DeNA BayStars
  
  On October 25, 2012, Inoh was drafted by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in the 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.
  
  Inoh debuted with the BayStars in 2013. In May 2014, Ino was named the Central League's most valuable pitcher of the month.
  
  ### Yomiuri Giants
  
  During the 2020 offseason, Inoh exercised his free agent option. And he decided to sign a two-year deal with the Yomiuri Giants worth up to 200 million yen.
  
  