Hiroaki Matsuda

is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Early life As a student of Aichi Prefectural Konan High School, as he was only 150cm tall he gave up playing baseball to play as a libero for the school's volleyball team. However, while at high school, Matsuda grew to 175cm and he looked to return to baseball at university. and on 11 November signed a development player contract with a ¥2,000,000 moving allowance and a ¥3,000,000 yearly salary.

Pitching style Matsuda's fastball tops out at 148 km/h which he pairs with a cutter, slider, curveball, change-up and two-seam fastball.

Personal At University, his black rimmed glasses were his trademark but as he was selected by the Dragons, he upgraded to blue frames. He has said he aspires to be like Masahiro Yamamoto.