Yuki Nishi

Honestly, Yuki Nishi is the kind of pitcher I find myself quietly rooting for. He's not the guy lighting up the radar gun or striking a hero pose on the mound — he's the craftsman, the one who paints the corners and just keeps the rotation honest year after year. Coming out of Komono in Mie, then becoming a starter you can actually pencil in for a heavy workload, that consistency is its own kind of swagger to me. I love that he wins by accumulation rather than spectacle, because those are the players who age into legends and stick around long after the loud ones fade. Mie should be proud of him.

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Yuki Nishi is a professional baseball pitcher born on November 10, 1990, in Komono, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Standing 181 cm tall, he is known for his precise control and consistent durability as a starting rotation pitcher. He pitched for the Orix Buffaloes from 2009 to 2018 before joining the Hanshin Tigers. He has an Instagram account.

Name (English)

Yuki Nishi

Name (Japanese)

西勇輝

Reading

にし ゆうき

Born

November 10, 1990 (age 35)

Origin

Komono, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Height

181 cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/16_nishiyuki_official/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%8B%87%E8%BC%9D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5362917

Tags

• From Mie Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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