Yuhei Nakamura

Catchers are the least glamorous stars in baseball, and Yuhei Nakamura is a good argument for why that is unfair. Born in June 1990 in Ōno, Fukui Prefecture, and a graduate of Fukui Commercial High School, he has spent his professional career behind the plate for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Think about what that job actually is. You crouch for three hours. You memorize the tendencies of every hitter in the league and the confidence level of every pitcher on your own staff. You absorb foul tips. Your best work — the pitch that was never thrown because you talked your pitcher out of it — leaves no trace in a box score. At 176 cm he is not physically imposing by professional standards, which suggests the club keeps him back there for what is between his ears. That is my read on him: a player whose value is measured in trust rather than in highlights. Every good pitching staff has someone like this, and almost nobody outside the clubhouse can name him.

Name (English)

Yuhei Nakamura

Name (Japanese)

中村悠平

Reading

なかむら ゆうへい

Born

June 17, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

Origin

Ōno-shi, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

professional baseball player

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Tags

• Fukui Prefecture
• professional baseball player

Last updated

2026-08-07

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