KURIHARA Ryoya

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 4 Jul 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

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

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks [Japan] since 2015

Kimiyasu Kudo [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Position style:

Catcher, Outfield (softbankhawks.co.jp, 01 Jul 2021; chunichi.co.jp, 16 Jun 2021)

Bats left, throws right (softbankhawks.co.jp, 01 Jul 2021)

National league:

NPB [JPN] (softbankhawks.co.jp, 01 Jul 2021)

He took up the sport in grade four of primary school. (nishinippon.co.jp, 31 Jul 2019)

He initially played Japanese-style rubber baseball in primary school, and then joined the baseball team Fukui Brave Boys. (nishinippon.co.jp, 31 Jul 2019)

In 2020 he was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the Japan Series. (nishinippon.co.jp, 02 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
VERSATILE PLAYER
He has played for Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as a catcher, but was called up to the Japanese team as an outfielder ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Head coach Atsunori Inaba told me that he would ask me to play in versatile positions, so I will be prepared well." (daily.co.jp, 17 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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