Daisuke Yamai

Daisuke Yamai
Yamai with the Chunichi Dragons
Chunichi Dragons – No. 29
Pitcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 27, 2002, for the Chunichi Dragons
Career statistics (through 2016)
Win-Loss	54-59
ERA	3.66
Strikeouts	776
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (2002–present)
Career highlights and awards
Combined perfect game with Hitoki Iwase (2007) No-hitter against the Yokohama Baytars (2013) Most wins in Central League (2014) Highest win percentage in Central League (2014) 1x NPB All-Star (2014)

Daisuke Yamai (山井 大介, Yamai Daisuke^?, born May 10, 1978 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher with the Chunichi Dragons. He is most noted for his combined perfect game with Hitoki Iwase in the 2007 Japan Series to clinch the title for the Dragons for the first time since 1954.

In the 2007 Nippon Series, he threw eight innings of a combined perfect game with Hitoki Iwase to decide the series against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

On 29 June 2013, Yamai threw the 88th no-hitter in NPB history against the Yokohama Baystars in a 9-0 win.