Born: (1988-10-09) October 9, 1988 (age 35) Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
May 8, 2011, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics (through 2023 season)
Batting average
.313
Home runs
260
RBI
885
Stolen bases
159
Teams
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–present)
Career highlights and awards
NPB
6× Japan Series champion (2014–2015, 2017–2020)
4× Japan Series Outstanding Player Award (2014, 2017-2018, 2020)
2× Pacific League MVP (2015, 2020)
2018 PLCS MVP
8× Pacific League Best Nine Award (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
6× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
2× Pacific League Batting Leader (2015,2018)
4× Pacific League OBP Leader (2015-2018)
2× Pacific League Hitting Leader (2020, 2023)
5× Pacific League OPS Leader (2015-2018,2020)
Triple 3 Club: min. .300 BA, 30 HR, 30 SB 2015
2× Interleague play (NPB) MVP (2015, 2017)
9× NPB All-Star (2014–2019, 2021-2023)
3×NPB All-Star Game MVP (2014, 2022, 2023)
Hit for the cycle on April 21, 2018
Hochi Professional Sports Award (2015)
New Word/Buzzword Award Annual Grand Prize (2015)
Pacific League Special Award (2015)
SKY PerfecTV! Dramatic Sayonara Award Annual Grand Prize (2015)
Yanase 100th Anniversary Award (2016)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
Summer Olympics
2020 Tokyo
Team
Yuki Yanagita (柳田 悠岐, Yanagita Yūki, born October 9, 1988 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan), nicknamed "Gita (ギータ)[1]", is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He is a nine-time All-Star and a two-time Pacific League MVP, earning those honors in 2015 and 2020.
Yanagita is recognized as one of the most successful players in NPB since the 21st century, based on his accomplishments both team and individual, including six Japan Series championships, four-time Japan Series MVP, two-time Pacific League MVP and five-time OPS leader.
^"侍ジャパントップチーム選手紹介／柳田悠岐（福岡ソフトバンクホークス". japan-baseball.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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they eventually formed a baseball dynasty off of a core led by slugger YukiYanagita and aces Kodai Senga and Tsuyoshi Wada, capturing Japan Series titles...
Hawks' YukiYanagita singled to center and reached second on a Kenta Imamiya sacrifice bunt. A double by Seiichi Uchikawa then drove in Yanagita giving...
Nippon. 2012-10-09. Ben Cosman (November 18, 2014). "Japan Series MVP YukiYanagita swings so hard his batting helmet pops off". Major League Baseball....
series tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma, learns that thirteen members of the Soma family are...
All-Star Series, he went 3 for 13 with a RBI triple, playing center when YukiYanagita was in right. He also was with Japan for the 2015 Global Baseball Match...
オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2019. "YukiYanagita lifts Pacific League with home run in All-Star series finale". July...
17 crews were added to the roster on February 15, 2020, with windsurfer Yuki Sunaga and Laser Radial sailor Manami Doi joining them two weeks later upon...
when Akashi hit a solo home run. In the bottom of the tenth inning, YukiYanagita won the game with a walk-off home run off of Carp closing pitcher Shota...
Maeyamada Anime Double-J ending theme song; used as an entrance song for YukiYanagita from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2011-07-27 Momoiro Clover Z "Momoclo...
"Cherry" Sakura is a shy boy who can only speak through his writing of haikus. Yuki aka "Smile", covers her mouth with a mask to hide her braces that try to...
SoftBank Hawks Runners-up Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Season MVP YukiYanagita (SoftBank) Climax Series CL champions Tokyo Yakult Swallows CL runners-up...
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