Yūhi Nishidate

Yūhi Nishidate was born on 11 March 2002 in Iwate Prefecture, went to Hanamaki Higashi High School, then Chuo University, and now pitches for the Yomiuri Giants. That high school name will mean something to anyone who follows Japanese baseball: it is the school that produced Yusei Kikuchi and Shohei Ohtani. Nishidate threw on the same ground and made it to the mound of Japan's most scrutinized franchise, which is a real achievement on its own terms. It is also a complicated inheritance. A pedigree like that guarantees attention but not patience, and every rough outing gets measured against alumni who set an impossible bar. What I find genuinely interesting is that he is still only in his early twenties, at the point where a career is all runway and no verdict. The numbers that will define him have mostly not been thrown yet. I would like to see him become a pitcher discussed by his own name rather than his school's.

Name (English)

Yūhi Nishidate

Name (Japanese)

西舘勇陽

Born

March 11, 2002 (age 24)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

Origin

Ichinohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Hanamaki Higashi High School

University

Chuo University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABhi%20Nishidate
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E8%88%98%E5%8B%87%E9%99%BD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123405923

Tags

• Iwate Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-08-07

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