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My Take
Catcher is the least portable job in baseball, which is what makes Ayatsugu Yamashita's path worth pausing on. Born in Sapporo in 1992, he has caught in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Chunichi Dragons. Each of those moves meant relearning an entire pitching staff from zero: their habits, their nerve, the thinking behind every sequence. A catcher can hit well and still never play if someone else owns the position, and the reverse is just as true. His awards column is blank. I read the transfers themselves as the record: three organisations decided, in turn, that they wanted him behind the plate.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ayatsugu Yamashita
- Name (Japanese)
- 山下斐紹
- Born
- November 16, 1992 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
- Height
- 179 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Ayatsugu Yamashita born?
Born November 16, 1992 (age 33).
Where is Ayatsugu Yamashita from?
Ayatsugu Yamashita is from Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.
What does Ayatsugu Yamashita do?
Ayatsugu Yamashita works as baseball player.
How tall is Ayatsugu Yamashita?
Ayatsugu Yamashita is 179 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-27
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.