Yutaro Sugimoto

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

|name=Yutaro Sugimoto

|image=File:Orix_Buffaloes_Yutaro_Sugimoto_20200320.jpg

|image_size=250px

|caption=

|position=Outfielder

|team=Orix Buffaloes

|number=99

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1991|4|5}}

|birth_place=Anan, Tokushima, Japan

|debutleague=NPB

|debutdate=June 14

|debutyear=2016

|debutteam=Orix Buffaloes

| statyear = April 5, 2022

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .272

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 42

| stat3label = RBIs

| stat3value = 121

|teams=

• Orix Buffaloes ({{npby|2016}}–present)

| awards =

• 2x NPB All-Star ({{npby|2021}}, {{npby|2023}})
• Pacific League Leader of Home Run ({{npby|2021}})
• Pacific League Best Nine Award (2021)
• Interleague play PL Nippon Life Award Winner ({{npby|2022}})
• Japan Series champion (2022)
• Japan Series MVP (2022)

}}

{{nihongo|Yutaro Sugimoto|杉本 裕太郎|Sugimoto Yutaro|extra=born April 5, 1991 in Anan, Tokushima, Japan}}, nicknamed "Raoh", is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes.{{cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/61965132.html|title=Register : Sugimoto,Yutaro（ORIX Buffaloes）|last=一般社団法人日本野球機構|publisher=|accessdate=22 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.buffaloes.co.jp/team/player/detail/2021_99.html|title=99 杉本 裕太郎選手名鑑2021 ｜オリックス・バファローズ|website=www.buffaloes.co.jp|accessdate=22 July 2021}}

Sugimoto won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award for the 2022 Japan Series.{{cite web | url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/10/871b61549e88-urgent-orix-buffaloes-win-franchises-1st-japan-title-since-1996.html | title=Baseball: Orix wins franchise's 1st Japan Series in 26 years }} His nickname is derived from the fact he is a fan of said character from the manga Fist of the North Star. Since 2021, when he first used it as a nickname on the back of a Buffaloes jersey, he had done the "ascension pose" after hitting a home run.{{Cite web |title=オリックス杉本、ついに「ラオウ」襲名？背中に呼んでほしいニックネーム - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/202109180000367.html |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=「なんで詰まってホームラン…」 オリ杉本、豪快フルスイングの"今季1号"が凄い |url=https://full-count.jp/2021/02/15/post1051318/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Full-Count（フルカウント） ― 野球ニュース・速報・コラム ― |language=ja}}