YAMADA Tetsuto

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 16 Jul 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

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

Place of birth: TOYOOKA

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

World Baseball Classic

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Baseball	2017

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2019
3	Baseball	2015

Bowling. (sanspo.com, 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Tokyo Yakult Swallows [Japan] since 2012

Shingo Takashi [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Position style:

Infield (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

Bats right, throws right (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

2014 for Japan Against MLB All-Stars (web.usabaseball.com, 01 Jan 2017)

National league:

NPB [JPN] (npb.jp, 30 May 2021)

He began playing in grade two of primary school. (sanspo.com, 18 Dec 2015)

He was good at sports in his youth, including karate and football. One day a coach from the Takarazu Little League invited him to try baseball. He became interested in the sport, and joined a club. (sanspo.com, 18 Dec 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 24 Dec 2019)

Japanese baseball player Hayato Sakamoto. (sanspo.com, 18 Dec 2015)

He received a Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] Central League Best Nine Award in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019, and a Golden Glove Award in 2019. (sanspo.com, 26 Nov 2019)

In 2015 he received the NPB Central League Most Valuable Player Award, and also received the Central League Home Run Champion and Highest On Base Percentage awards. (baseball.sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp, 27 Jan 2019; npb.jp, 08 Oct 2015)

He received the NPB Central League Highest Stolen Base Award in 2015, 2016 and 2018. (baseball.sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp, 27 Jan 2019; sanspo.com, 26 Nov 2019; npb.jp, 08 Oct 2015)

He received the NPB Central League Most Hits Award in 2014. (baseball.sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp, 27 Jan 2019)

Milestones

He became the first Japanese baseball player to finish more than one season with at least a 300 average, 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases following his records in the 2015, 2016 and 2018 seasons. (japantimes.co.jp, 30 Jul 2018; nhk.or.jp, 09 Feb 2021)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/tetsuto.yamada_1/

Legend

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

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