Education
Mima attended Fujishiro High School and Chuo University.
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Mima attended Fujishiro High School and Chuo University.
A pitcher, he plays for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball. Mima pitched for Tokyo Gas in the industrial leagues after college. The Rakuten Golden Eagles chose him in the second round of the 2010 draft.
He then joined the Japanese national baseball team for the 2010 Asian Games.
Mima"s repertoire includes a slider, forkball, curveball, shuuto (two-seamer), and a fastball (tops out at 95 mph). He debuted on April 13, 2011, tossing a scoreless 8th to preserve a 5-1 lead over the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Mima was the winning pitcher in Games 3 and 7 of the 2013 Japan Series, and was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player (Most Valuable Player).