Yua Tamiya

I'll be honest, when I first saw the name Yua, I pictured something totally different than a pro baseball catcher out of Sanmu, Chiba, by way of Narita High School, and I love being wrong like that. Born in 2000, this guy strapped on the gear for the toughest, least glamorous job on the diamond, the one where you squat in the dirt all day, manage the pitcher's nerves, and read the whole field while nobody claps for you. That's not a home-run-hero vibe, that's a grinder's craft, the quiet trust-builder type, and I respect it deeply. Even his Instagram handle carrying his number reads like a guy who owns his identity. A young catcher still rounding into himself is genuinely fun to root for, and yeah, I'm rooting.

Yua Tamiya is a Japanese professional baseball player born on June 13, 2000, in Sanmu, Chiba Prefecture. She attended Narita High School before pursuing a career in baseball. As a catcher, she takes on one of the most demanding and strategically important positions on the field. Still in the early stages of her career, she represents a young generation of baseball talent from the Chiba region.

Name (English)

Yua Tamiya

Name (Japanese)

田宮裕涼

Reading

たみや ゆあ

Born

June 13, 2000 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon (辰)

Origin

Sanmu, Chiba, Japan

Occupation

Baseball player

High school

Narita High School

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yua_tamiya64/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E5%AE%AE%E8%A3%95%E6%B6%BC

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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