Yūsuke Kinoshita

I'll be honest, this one sits heavy with me. Yūsuke Kinoshita was a pitcher out of Osaka, a tall lefty kid who stood 183cm and made it into pro ball with a whole career supposedly stretched out ahead of him. And then in the summer of 2021 he was gone at just 27. I keep coming back to how cruel that timing is, a young arm still figuring out his ceiling, still chasing that first-team view that pitchers grind their whole bodies for. I never got to see how good he could've become, and maybe that's the part that aches most. I don't have a glittering stat line to wax poetic about here, just the image of a Libra kid born in October giving everything to one more pitch. Rest easy, man. I bet you threw a beautiful ball.

Yūsuke Kinoshita was a Japanese professional baseball player born on October 10, 1993, in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Standing 183 cm tall, he attended Seiko Gakuen High School before pursuing a career in professional baseball. He passed away on August 3, 2021, at the age of 27.

Name (English)

Yūsuke Kinoshita

Name (Japanese)

木下雄介

Reading

きのした ゆうすけ

Born

October 10, 1993 – August 3, 2021

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster (酉)

Origin

Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

183cm

Occupation

Baseball player

High school

Seiko Gakuen High School

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/y.k.1010/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E4%B8%8B%E9%9B%84%E4%BB%8B

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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