{"id":262483,"date":"2026-05-29T01:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/29\/kia-tigers-sign-keisho-shirakawa-a-bold-move-for-the-kbo-season\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:20:10","slug":"kia-tigers-sign-keisho-shirakawa-a-bold-move-for-the-kbo-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/sports\/2026\/05\/29\/kia-tigers-sign-keisho-shirakawa-a-bold-move-for-the-kbo-season\/","title":{"rendered":"KIA Tigers Sign Keisho Shirakawa: A Bold Move for the KBO Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-e65f1809-79c0-43cd-b618-10b5da3823ee.jpeg\" alt=\"KIA\ub294\" 28\uc77c kbo\ub9ac\uadf8 \uacbd\ub825\uc744 \uac00\uc9c4 \uc77c\ubcf8\uc778 \ud22c\uc218 \uc2dc\ub77c\uce74\uc640 \uac8c\uc774\uc1fc\uc640 \uacc4\uc57d\ud588\ub2e4. kia \uc81c\uacf5> Japanese pitcher Keisho Shirakawa is set to return to the KBO League after two years. <\/p>\n<p> KIA announced on May 28 that it signed Shirakawa to a deal worth up to $100,000 (approximately 150 million KRW), including a $20,000 signing bonus (approximately 30 million KRW), a $40,000 salary (approximately 60 million KRW) and $40,000 in options (approximately 60 million KRW). He will take the roster spot of infielder Jared Daley. <\/p>\n<p> The independent-league product from Japan will don his third KBO uniform after appearing for the SSG Landers and the Doosan Bears in 2024. <\/p>\n<p> Shirakawa first arrived in the KBO as an injury replacement for SSG and later joined Doosan that same year. He made 12 appearances, going 4-5 with a 5.65 ERA, then returned to Japan after failing to secure a new contract. <\/p>\n<p> KIA brought Shirakawa back because the club sees him as a versatile arm who can contribute out of the bullpen and provide spot starts. His prior KBO experience should help him adapt quickly, the team said. <\/p>\n<p> Shirakawa will join KIA\u2019s second team on the 29th to build his conditioning before moving up to the first team. <\/p>\n<p> By Hae-won Oh <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese pitcher Shirakawa Keisho returns to KBO League after two years, signing with KIA for a total of $100,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/thumbnail\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/thumb-a4f5b1d2-89f0-4654-9cfc-2f812cc55fbf.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278095],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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