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Japanese baseball player

Baseball player

Yuhei Nakamura
Nakamura in 2011 at Yokohama Stadium
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 27
Catcher
Born: (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)Ōno, Fukui, Japan
Bats: RightThrows: Right
debut
2 October, 2009, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics (through 2023 season)
Batting average .243
Hits 905
Home runs 40
RBIs 347
Stolen bases 12
Teams
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2009–present)
Career highlights and awards
7× NPB All-Star (2014–2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) 3× Best Nine Award (2015, 2021, 2022) 3× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2015, 2021, 2022) Japan Series champion (2021) Japan Series MVP (2021)
Medals Men's baseball Representing Japan World Baseball Classic Gold medal – first place 2023 Miami Team 2015 WBSC Premier12 Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tokyo Team

Yuhei Nakamura (中村 悠平, Nakamura Yūhei, born 17 June 1990) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Nakamura was selected to the 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].[1] In the 2021 Japan Series, he batted 7-for-22 (a team-best .318 average) with three RBIs and threw out a couple of base-runners to win the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award.[2][3][4]

International career

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Nakamura appeared in 5 games for Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, winning gold.[5]

  1. ^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). 3 July 2018.
  2. ^ Coskrey, Jason (28 November 2021). "Steady MVP Yuhei Nakamura guides Swallows to Japan Series title". The Japan Times. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Baseball: Shingo Kawabata pinch-hit drives Swallows to Japan Series title". Kyodo News. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Jim (28 November 2021). "BASEBALL: Swallows Cap Remarkable Turnaround With Japan Series Victory Over Buffaloes". japan-forward.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021. Swallows catcher Yuhei Nakamura was named Japan Series MVP. He was credited for his solid hitting (a team-best .318 average against the Buffaloes) and for leading the pitching staff in the Japanese Fall Classic.
  5. ^ "Team Japan delivers record ratings during WBC". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.