Yūki Okabayashi

Yūki Okabayashi (岡林 勇希, Okabayashi Yūki; born February 22, 2002, in Matsuzaka, Mie, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons.

Yūki Okabayashi 岡林 勇希
Chunichi Dragons – No. 1
Outfielder/Pitcher
Born: (2002-02-22) February 22, 2002 (age 23) Matsuzaka, Mie, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
19 July 2020, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics (through 2023)
Batting average	.283
Hits	341
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	67
Stolen bases	38
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (2020–present)
Career highlights and awards
2× Central League Golden Glove Award (2022-2023) 2× Central League Best Nine Award (2022-2023)

On 17 October 2019, Okabayashi was selected as the 5th draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2019 NPB Draft and on 8 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥30,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥5,500,000 yearly salary.^[1]

Although originally selected as a pitcher, it became known that the Dragons would register him as an outfielder in the lead-up to the 2020 Spring camp.^[2]