UMENO Ryutaro

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 17 Jun 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: NAKAGAWA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Baseball JPN Japan	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group A #1 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group A #5 JPN Japan 7 MEX Mexico 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 2 #10 USA United States 6 JPN Japan 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #13 KOR Republic of Korea 2 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Gold Medal Game #16 USA United States 0 JPN Japan 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Occupation:

Sports Science - Fukuoka University , Japan

Languages spoken:

Hanshin Tigers [Japan] since 2014

Akihiro Yano [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Position style:

Catcher (hanshintigers.jp, 30 Jun 2021)

Bats right, throws right (hanshintigers.jp, 30 Jun 2021)

National league:

NPB [JPN] (hanshintigers.jp, 30 Jun 2021)

He took up the sport in the second grade at Katanawa Elementary School in Japan. (sponichi.co.jp, 15 Apr 2020)

He was influenced by his father Yoshitaka Umeno, whose played the sport recreationally. (sponichi.co.jp, 15 Apr 2020)

He received a Golden Glove Award from Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] in 2018, 2019 and 2020. (sanspo.com, 18 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
CATCHER
He began playing as a catcher in primary school but switched to an outfield player in grade 11 of high school. In 2010, while playing for Fukuoka University, he returned to his original position. (sponichi.co.jp, 15 Apr 2020; fukuoka-u.ac.jp, 24 Apr 2019; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 31 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Ameba: http://ameblo.jp/ryutaro-umeno
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/umeno.toracamera/
https://instagram.com/ryutaro_umeno_official/
https://twitter.com/ryutaro3617

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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