Ryutaro Umeno

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ryutaro Umeno
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1991(1991-06-17)
Age	33
Birthplace	Nakagawa
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Gemini

Ryutaro Umeno Biography

Ryutaro Umeno is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on June 17, 1991 in Nakagawa, Japan.

From June onwards, his starts gradually increased, mostly as a catcher for Randy Messenger. He again made Hanshin history in July 1 when he hit 2 consecutive home runs, the 3rd rookie to do so since Akinobu Okada in 1980, and just the 2nd catcher since Tabuchi in 1969. On July 5, he helped Iwazaki pitch 7 shutout innings against the BayStars, making their victory the first in 31 years since a Hanshin rookie battery won an official game. His July streak carried on, and he racked up 2 more homers on the July 8 match against the Carps and the Baystars on the 11th.

He first appeared as a starter in April 20 match with the Swallows, the first time in twelve years that a Hanshin rookie catcher did so, since Ryo Asai. A week later, he hit his first professional home run in the 9th during the match against the BayStars. He is the third rookie catcher to do so in Hanshin history, the first being Kōichi Tabuchi, followed by Shimada Munehiko in 1985, and the second rookie catcher to hit a home run as a pinch hitter, next to Hiroshi Yagi in 1987.

Ryutaro Umeno Net Worth

Ryutaro Umeno is one of the richest Baseball Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ryutaro Umeno 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

With his notable performance during the pre-season exhibition games and the lack of reliable catchers in the roster, Manager Wada decided to give the rookie a go at the plate. He debuted as a pinch hitter in the March 28 season opener with the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo Dome, and remained as a catcher until the end of the game. Two days after in the same card, he scored his first hit, again as a pinch hitter in the 6th. This feat of having a Tiger rookie catcher score during the season’s opening card was last achieved 45 years ago (1969) by Kōichi Tabuchi.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Ryutaro Umeno height 5′ 8″ Alexander weight 77 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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When Umeno was in 4th grade, his 34-year-old mother died of cancer. In her last two remaining months, her last request to her husband was “Please help Ryutaro become a professional baseball player”. His father raised both him and his younger brother singlehandedly, while he carried on with his interior design business. When he made it to the 2013 draft, he thanked his mother during the TBS live conference on October 24. He offered the commemorative ball of his first professional hit on his mother’s grave.

Facts & Trivia

Alexander Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Ryutaro Umeno celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.

In November 2013, his team defeated Nippon Bunri Daigaku in the Kyushu University Baseball League championships. With this, their team represented the Kyushu region in the 44th Meiji Jingu Baseball Tournament. Unfortunately, his team was eliminated in the first round (November 16), despite him delivering three hits and a solo homer.