Rafael Fernandes

Rafael Fernandes is a name Japanese baseball fans will recognize more than American ones, and that's what makes him interesting to me. A Brazilian pitcher reaching Nippon Professional Baseball with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows is a rare path; Brazil is a football country, so a kid from Sao Paulo carving out a pro pitching career is genuinely against the grain. That he also works as an interpreter tells you he's adaptable and bridges cultures, which matters in a league full of imported players. I can't claim he was a star, but his existence quietly widens the map of where baseball talent can come from.

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Name (English)

Rafael Fernandes

Name (Japanese)

ラファエル・フェルナンデス

Reading

らふぁえる・ふぇるなんです

Born

April 23, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

São Paulo, Brazil

Height

181 cm

Occupation

baseball player / interpreter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael%20Fernandes%20(baseball)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7282129

Tags

• São Paulo
• baseball player
• interpreter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.