Yuya Yokoyama

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuya Yokoyama
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1994(1994-02-21)
Age	30
Birthplace	Murayama
Country	Japan
Birth City	Yamagata Prefecture
Horoscope	Aquarius

Yuya Yokoyama Biography

Yuya Yokoyama is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on February 21, 1994 in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Yuya Yokoyama (Heng Sha Xiong Zai Yokoyama Yuya was born February 21, 1994 in Murayama in Yamagata, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Central League.

He felt tightness in his left arm after pitching in the 21U World Cup in Nov

2014. He then stopped throwing for the remainder of the year. He was diagnosed with inflammation of his left sternoclavicular joints in January. He only returned to pitching in February. On March 8, he pitched against Orix and allowed 2 runs and 3 hits in 2 innings. His speed was a respectable 148 km/h. He started the Western League (minors), game against Hiroshima on April 18. He tossed seven complete innings and struck out 6. On May 15, he started a second game against Hiroshima’s Western League (minors) team. He tossed seven shutout innings and struck out 6.

After graduating from high school, he joined Shin Nittetsu Sumikin Kashima in order to play for the industrial leagues. His fastballs and cutting sliders earned him a reputation. He was also compared to Hanshin’s Atsushi, a fellow lefty who started his career in the Osaka Gas industrial leagues. He was also a member of the Japanese national team at the 2014 21U Baseball World Cup. He pitched 10 innings and had 20 strikeouts. This helped Japan place second.

Yuya Yokoyama Net Worth

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

Yuya was born in Murayama City and began playing baseball in the 2nd grade. He joined the Nakayama Municipal Junior High baseball club as a middle schooler. He was the team’s ace pitcher during the spring and summer Koshien tournaments. However, his school did not make it past the first round. He was often compared to Seibu’s Yusei, the highly-sought after pitcher from high school in 2009. However, he didn’t receive any nominations by any of the 12 NPB teams for the 2011 draft.

On May 21, he made his debut on his home turf against the Giants and pitched seven solid innings, averaging 149 km/h. He allowed 6 hits, struck out 6, walked 6 and lost the game’s lone hit from Leslie Anderson’s 2-base hit in the 6th. Toritani, who blasted the winning run in the 8th inning, won the day for the Tigers.

He was the Hanshin Tigers’ 1st round pick (3rd choice, after they lost Kohei Arihara and Yasuaki Yamasaki) in the 2014 annual professional draft. In November 26, he signed with the Tigers for a provisional contract of 100 million yen and 50 million signing bonus, for an annual salary of 15 million yen. He was assigned the jersey no. 15. With this, he became just the 2nd Tigers player to hail from Yamagata prefecture (since Shigeichi Aoki in 1978), and the 1st ever pitcher.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Yuya Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yuya Yokoyama celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.