Shuta Tonosaki

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

| name = Shuta Tonosaki

| image = Saitama Seibu Lions shuta tonosaki 20220415.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption =

| position = Utility player

| team = Saitama Seibu Lions

| number = 5

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|20}}

| birth_place = Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = July 8

| debutyear = 2015

| debutteam = Saitama Seibu Lions

| statyear = 2024 season

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .248

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 101

| stat3label = RBI

| stat3value = 418

| stat4label = Stolen bases

| stat4value = 162

| teams =

| awards =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's baseball}}

{{Medal|Country|{{bb|JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | WBSC Premier12}}

{{MedalGold| 2019 Tokyo | Team }}

}}

{{nihongo|Shuta Tonosaki|外崎 修汰|Tonosaki Shūta|extra=born December 20, 1992 in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan}}, nicknamed "Apple Punch",{{ cite web | url=https://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/clm/baseball/npb/2018/07/31/___split_66/ | title=外崎修汰は美味しい男。 「アップルパンチ」は好機に強く、右が強烈! | work=web Sportiva Love Sports | author=Daisuke Nakajima | language=ja | date=July 31, 2018 | access-date=April 4, 2019 }} is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career

He was selected {{interlanguage link|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=July 3, 2018 }}

Tonosaki was also named an All–Star in 2023.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

International career

Tonosaki represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.{{cite web| url=http://www.japan-baseball.jp/jp/news/press/20181010_1.html | title=「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定 | work=野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=October 10, 2018 | access-date=October 14, 2018 }}

On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.{{ cite web | url=http://www.japan-baseball.jp/jp/news/press/20191001_4.html | title=「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について | work=野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=October 1, 2019 | access-date=October 12, 2019 }}

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