Yūta Ishii

Yuta Ishii was born on August 18, 2000, in Owase in Mie Prefecture, went through Kindai University's technical college and university and the corporate team Nippon Life, and joined the Chunichi Dragons as a catcher in the fourth round of the 2024 draft, debuting in March 2025. Those facts are more interesting than they look. Owase is a small coastal town wedged between mountains and the sea on Mie's southern edge, not the kind of place that mass-produces athletes. And a technical college is not the standard pipeline for Japanese baseball either; the usual route runs through powerhouse high schools and their famous coaches. So whatever path brought him here, it wasn't the paved one. The story is still being written, but the road in was an unusual one.

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Name (English)

Yūta Ishii

Name (Japanese)

石伊雄太

Reading

いしい ゆうた

Born

August 18, 2000 (age 26)

Origin

Owase, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

University

Kindai University

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Tags

• Mie Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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