:Yuhei Nakamura
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox NPB player
|name=Yuhei Nakamura
|image=Yuhei Nakamura, catcher of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, at Yokohama Stadium.jpg
|image_size=250
|caption=Nakamura in 2011 at Yokohama Stadium
|position=Catcher
|team=Tokyo Yakult Swallows
|number=27
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1990|6|17|df=y}}
|birth_place=Ōno, Fukui, Japan
|debutdate=2 October
|debutyear=2009
|debutteam=Tokyo Yakult Swallows
|statyear=2024 season
|statleague=NPB
| stat1label = Batting average
| stat1value = .243
| stat2label = Hits
| stat2value = 974
| stat3label = Home runs
| stat3value = 40
| stat4label = RBIs
| stat4value = 370
| stat5label = Stolen bases
| stat5value = 12
|teams=
- Tokyo Yakult Swallows ({{npby|2009}}–present)
| awards =
- 7× NPB All-Star ({{npby|2014}}–{{npby|2016}}, {{npby|2018}}, {{npby|2019}}, {{npby|2021}}, {{npby|2022}})
- 3× Best Nine Award ({{npby|2015}}, 2021, 2022)
- 3× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2015, 2021, 2022)
- Japan Series champion (2021)
- Japan Series MVP (2021)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's baseball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Baseball Classic}}
{{MedalGold| 2023 Miami | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | 2015 WBSC Premier12}}
{{MedalBronze| 2015 Tokyo | Team }}
}}
{{nihongo|Yuhei Nakamura|中村 悠平|Nakamura Yūhei|extra=born 17 June 1990}} is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Career
Nakamura was selected to the {{ill|2018 NPB All-Star game|jp|2018年のオールスターゲーム (日本プロ野球)}}.{{cite web| url=http://npb.jp/allstar/2018/roster.html | title=マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者 | work=NPB.jp 日本野球機構 | language=ja | date=3 July 2018 }} In the 2021 Japan Series, he batted 7-for-22 (a team-best .318 average) with three RBIs and threw out a couple of base-runners to win the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award.{{cite news |last1=Coskrey |first1=Jason |title=Steady MVP Yuhei Nakamura guides Swallows to Japan Series title |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/11/28/baseball/japanese-baseball/japan-series-swallows-nakamura/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Japan Times |date=28 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/ae31be57e4c3-baseball-kawabata-pinch-hit-drives-swallows-to-japan-series-title.html|title=Baseball: Shingo Kawabata pinch-hit drives Swallows to Japan Series title|date=27 November 2021 |access-date=27 November 2021 |agency=Kyodo News}}{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Jim |title=BASEBALL: Swallows Cap Remarkable Turnaround With Japan Series Victory Over Buffaloes |url=https://japan-forward.com/baseball-swallows-cap-remarkable-turnaround-with-japan-series-victory-over-buffaloes/ |access-date=November 30, 2021 |work=japan-forward.com |date=November 28, 2021 |quote=Swallows catcher Yuhei Nakamura was named Japan Series MVP. He was credited for his solid hitting (a team-best .318 average against the Buffaloes) and for leading the pitching staff in the Japanese Fall Classic.}}
International career
Nakamura appeared in 5 games for Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, winning gold.{{Cite web |title=Team Japan delivers record ratings during WBC |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Global/2023/04/04/world-baseball-classic.aspx |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com |language=en}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Baseballstats|brm=nakamu001yuh}}
- [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/players/51255118.html NPB.com]
{{Tokyo Yakult Swallows roster navbox}}
{{2021 Tokyo Yakult Swallows}}
{{Japan Series MVP}}
{{Navboxes colour
| title=Japan national baseball team
| titlestyle = background:#003; color:white;
| list1=
{{Japan roster 2015 WBSC Premier 12}}
{{Japan roster 2023 World Baseball Classic}}
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Yuhei}}
Category:Japanese baseball players
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
Category:People from Ōno, Fukui
Category:Baseball people from Fukui Prefecture
Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows players
Category:2015 WBSC Premier12 players
Category:World Baseball Classic players of Japan
Category:2023 World Baseball Classic players
{{Japan-baseball-catcher-stub}}