Yoshiyuki Fuchiwaki
{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Yoshiyuki Fuchiwaki
|birth_name = 渕脇 芳行
|birth_place = Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|5|23}}
|throws = Right
|bats = Right
|position = Infielder
|debutleague = NPB
|debutdate = April 13
|debutyear = 1999
|debutteam = Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
|finalleague = NPB
|finaldate = April 13
|finalyear = 1999
|finalteam = Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
| teams =
- Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|1993}}–{{npby|1999}})
}}
Yoshiyuki Fuchiwaki {{nihongo||渕脇 芳行}} is a Japanese retired professional baseball player. He spent seven seasons with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and made one appearance in a first-team match.
Career
= High school =
Fuchiwaki was a member of the Osaka Tōin High School baseball club.{{cite web|url=http://www.osakatoin.ed.jp/senior/g3club/regulation-ball.html |title=硬式野球部 |trans-title=Hardball Baseball Club |language=Japanese |access-date=23 October 2015}} While in his final year of high school he was drafted by the Kintetsu Buffaloes in the 6th round of the 1992 draft.{{cite web|url=http://baseballjpn.com/prospect/npbplayer/?id=4635 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310170322/http://baseballjpn.com/prospect/npbplayer/?id=4635 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 10, 2013 |title=渕脇 芳行の通算成績・動画・プロフィール |trans-title=Fuchiwaki Yoshiyuki's statistics, videos, profile |language=Japanese |access-date=23 October 2015}}
= Professional career =
Fuchiwaki spent 7 seasons with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1992 to 1999 (the Buffaloes became the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes before the start of the 1999 season). On April 13, 1999 he made his only appearance for the Buffaloes' first team, entering the game as a pinch runner in the top half of the 8th inning. He had two at bats later in the match, but failed to reach first base.
Fuchiwaki played 19 games for the Fujiidera Buffaloes (Kintetsu's farm team) in 1999,{{cite web|url= http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete/1877/1999bu.htm |title= １９９９年度 藤井寺バファローズ |trans-title=1999 Fujiidera Buffaloes |language=Japanese |access-date=23 October 2015}} down from 72 the previous year.{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete/1877/1998bu.htm |title= １９９８年度 藤井寺バファローズ |trans-title=1998 Fujiidera Buffaloes |language=Japanese |access-date=23 October 2015}} He retired from professional baseball at the end of the 1999 season.
In 2012 Fuchiwaki became the coach of Riseisha High School's baseball club.{{cite web|url=http://www.jaba.or.jp/team/touroku/2012.html |title=チーム情報 2012年 登録・変更情報 日本野球連盟（JABA） |trans-title=Team information: 2012 registration and change information - Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA) |access-date=23 October 2015}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=fuchiw000yos Individual statistics at baseball-reference.com]
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Category:Japanese baseball coaches
Category:Japanese baseball players
Category:Kintetsu Buffaloes players
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball second basemen
Category:Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes players