Hiroshi Ogawa (pitcher)

Montag, 02. April 1962

Hiroshi Ogawa (小川 博, Ogawa Hiroshi, born April 2, 1962 in Ashikaga, Tochigi) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Lotte Orions. In 2004, he was convicted of murder. On November 18, 2004, Ogawa murdered a 67-year-old woman named Kazuko Nishiuchi. His uniform number, 26, has been retired since 2005. On September 29, 2005, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Saitama District Court.