YOSHIDA Masataka

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

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

Place of birth: FUKUI

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

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2019

Watching comedy shows and movies. (sanspo.com, 2019)

Occupation:

Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Orix Buffaloes [Osaka, JPN] since 2016

Norifumi Nishimura [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Position style:

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

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

National league:

NPB [JPN] (npb.jp, 31 May 2021)

He began playing at age six. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 19 Nov 2018)

His three brothers played baseball in a local team, so his parents encouraged him to join in. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 19 Nov 2018)

After troubles with his back he began training with Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi who became a professor at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University after his retirement in 2016. (baseballking.jp, 24 Jan 2020 )

He received a Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] Pacific League Best Nine Award in 2018, 2019 and 2020. (nikkansports.com, 26 Nov 2019; buffaloes.co.jp, 27 Jan 2020; hochi.news, 16 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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