Yūsuke Kinoshita

木下雄介　/　きのしたゆうすけ

Japanese professional baseball player from Osaka

October 10, 1993 – August 3, 2021　・　Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

From Osaka Prefecture
Baseball player

My Take

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.

Overview

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.

1. Profile

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
Blood type: Private
Height: 183cm
Agency: Private
Active years: Unknown
Occupation: Baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Seiko Gakuen High School
University: Private
Debut: Unknown

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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