Masaichi Kaneda (?? ??, Kaneda Masaichi, born August 1, 1933 in Heiwa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He is one of the best known pitchers in Japanese baseball history, and is the only Japanese pitcher to have won 400 games. He was inducted in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.Kaneda's was nicknamed "The Emperor" because he was the most dominant pitcher in Japan during his prime. He batted and threw left-handed.