Yanagita Yuki

ABOUT YANAGITA YUKI

Professional Japanese baseball outfielder that plays for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He's been an All-Star eight times and has been awarded the title of Pacific League MVP twice. He was also chosen to represent the Japan national baseball team at the Baseball event during the 2020 Summer Olympics.

He won six Japan Series championships with the Hawks.

Following his high school graduation, he enrolled at the Hiroshima University of Economics. Throughout his time in college, he batted an average of .428, with 8 home runs and 60 RBIs in 82 games.

He's from Hiroshima, Japan.

He played alongside Iván Rodríguez .