Shintaro Yokota

Yokota was a 187cm outfielder drafted by the Hanshin Tigers; a brain tumour took his career before it began. He came back anyway. At his 2019 farewell game, barely able to see, he threw from centre field on the fly to the plate and cut the runner down. That was no miracle. That was ten thousand repetitions answering back. He died in 2023, aged 28.

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Name (English)

Shintaro Yokota

Name (Japanese)

横田慎太郎

Reading

よこた しんたろう

Born

June 9, 1995 – July 18, 2023

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

187 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro%20Yokota
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%AA%E7%94%B0%E6%85%8E%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17209576

Tags

• Tokyo
• baseball player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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