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Yuhei Nakamura
Yuhei Nakamura
	Nakamura in 2011 at Yokohama Stadium
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 27
	Catcher
	Born: 17 June 1990 (age 33); Ōno, Fukui, Japan
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
	2 October, 2009, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics ; (through 2023 season)
Batting average	.243
Hits	905
Home runs	40
RBIs	347
Stolen bases	12
Teams
	Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2009–present);
Career highlights and awards
	7× NPB All-Star (2014–2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022); 3× Best Nine Award (2015, 2021, 2022); 3× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2015, 2021, 2022); Japan Series champion (2021); Japan Series MVP (2021);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
World Baseball Classic
2015 WBSC Premier12

Yuhei Nakamura (中村悠平, Nakamura Yūhei, born 17 June 1990) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Career edit

Nakamura was selected to the 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

International career edit

Nakamura appeared in 5 games for Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, winning gold.^[5]

References edit

^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). 3 July 2018.
^ Coskrey, Jason (28 November 2021). "Steady MVP Yuhei Nakamura guides Swallows to Japan Series title". The Japan Times. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Baseball: Shingo Kawabata pinch-hit drives Swallows to Japan Series title". Kyodo News. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ Armstrong, Jim (28 November 2021). "BASEBALL: Swallows Cap Remarkable Turnaround With Japan Series Victory Over Buffaloes". japan-forward.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021. 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.
^ "Team Japan delivers record ratings during WBC". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.