Ishikawa began his career with the
Yakult Swallows in 2002, making his
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) debut on April 4, 2002. On April 7, 2022, Ishikawa became the 3rd pitcher in NPB history to record a hit in 21 consecutive seasons. The other pitchers to achieve the feat were
Masaaki Koyama from 1953 to 1973 and
Daisuke Miura (the manager of the
Yokohama DeNA BayStars at the time) from 1993 to 2016. ==References==