Yuhei Nakaushiro

I have a soft spot for guys like Yuhei Nakaushiro — a left-handed pitcher out of Kumatori, Osaka who ground his way through Kinki University with a ridiculous 1.48 ERA over four years, got drafted by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the second round, and then refused to stay in one lane. When NPB didn't work out he bounced through an independent league, then somehow landed in the Arizona Diamondbacks minor-league system before coming back to Japan for one more run with the DeNA BayStars. That's not a soft career arc — that's a guy who genuinely loved the game more than he loved comfort. The multi-arm-angle, slider-heavy approach that earned him a "Japanese Randy Johnson" nickname tells you everything: this was a craftsman who bet on guile over raw stuff, and he took that bet all the way around the world.

Yuhei Nakaushiro is a Japanese professional baseball player born on September 17, 1989, in Kumatori, Osaka Prefecture. He attended Kindai University (Kinki University) before entering the professional ranks. Standing 183 cm tall, he is known as a steady, workmanlike presence on the field. Most personal details remain private.

Name (English)

Yuhei Nakaushiro

Name (Japanese)

中後悠平

Reading

なかうしろ ゆうへい

Born

September 17, 1989 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake (巳)

Origin

Kumatori, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

183 cm

Occupation

Baseball player

University

Kindai University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%BE%8C%E6%82%A0%E5%B9%B3

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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