MORISHITA Masato

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 25 Aug 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Place of birth: OITA

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:

Meiji University , Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Hiroshima Toyo Carp [Japan] since 2020

Shinji Sasaoka [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Position style:

Pitcher (chunichi.co.jp, 16 Jun 2021)

Bats right, throws right (carp.co.jp, 30 Jun 2021)

National league:

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

He took up the sport in grade three of primary school. (hiroshima-athlete.com, 01 Jun 2021, Dec 2019)

He was invited to try the sport by a coach, and was also influenced by his father who worked in a baseball-related industry. "One of the reasons I started playing was because my classmates played baseball. I also wanted to play football, but I got involved in baseball first, and I thought, 'As long as I'm playing baseball, I have to play it well'." (hiroshima-athlete.com, 01 Jun 2021, Dec 2019; meisupo.net, 17 Aug 2016)

Japanese baseball player Yuya Yanagi. (meijinow.jp, 16 Oct 2019)

His family. He embroidered one letter from each name of his parents and sister on his gloves. "I have been able to focus on baseball with the support of my family, so I decided to do that for them." (htv.jp, 10 May 2020)

In 2020 he received the Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] Central League Rookie of the Year Award. (sanspo.com, 18 Dec 2020)

General Interest

General
UNIVERSITY
He played baseball at university before turning professional, as his mother wanted him to study. "In particular, I chose Meiji University because of coach Tatsuya Yoshinami who told me that it would be even more helpful for my personal growth as a baseball player to play for a university first before turning professional." (htv.jp, 10 May 2020; Sports Bull YouTube channel, 20 Jan 2020)

POSITION
He became a pitcher following a coach's suggestion at school. As he increased his hitting power, he played as a position player as well, before deciding to focus on pitching in grade 12 of high school after he was called up to the Japanese U18 national team. "I just wanted to play as much as I could, and chose to become a pitcher as I thought that it would be better for my future." (meisupo.net, 17 Aug 2016; Sports Bull YouTube channel, 20 Jan 2020)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/morishi23/

Legend

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

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