What is Yusei Kikuchi?
{{Infobox baseball biography | name = Yusei Kikuchi | image = Kikuchiyusei.jpg | image_size = 280px | caption = Kikuchi with the Saitama Seibu Lions | team = Toronto Blue Jays | number = 16 | position = [[Pitcher]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|06|17}} | birth_place = [[Morioka, Iwate]], [[Japan]] | death_date = | death_place = | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = NPB | debutdate = June 12 | debutyear = 2011 | debutteam = Saitama Seibu Lions | debut2league = MLB | debut2date = March 21 | debut2year = 2019 | debut2team = Seattle Mariners <!-- | finalleague = NPB | finaldate = October 17 | finalyear = 2018 | finalteam = Saitama Seibu Lions --> | statyear = 2018 season | statleague = NPB | stat1label = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] | stat1value = 73–46 | stat2label = [[Earned run average]] | stat2value = 2.77 | stat3label = [[Strikeout]]s | stat3value = 903 | stat2year = June 29, 2019 | stat2league = MLB | stat21label = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] | stat21value = 30–35 | stat22label = [[Earned run average]] | stat22value = 4.70 | stat23label = [[Strikeout]]s | stat23value = 596 | teams = * [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] ({{npby|2010}}–{{npby|2018}}) * [[Seattle Mariners]] ({{MLB Year|2019}}–{{MLB Year|2021}}) * [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{MLB Year|2022}}-present) |awards= * 3× [[Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series|NPB All-Star]] (2013, 2017–2018) * [[Pacific League]] ERA leader (2017) * Pacific League wins leader (2017) }} {{nihongo|'''Yusei Kikuchi'''|菊池 雄星|Kikuchi Yūsei|extra=born June 17, 1991}} is a [[Japan]]ese professional [[baseball]] pitcher for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). Kikuchi formerly played for the [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]'s [[Pacific League]]. He is the first Japanese-born player to make his major league debut in Japan. == Professional career == === Sait