Yuhei Nakamura

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.

Yuhei Nakamura
Nakamura in 2011 at Yokohama Stadium
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 27
Catcher
Born: (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 35) Ōno, Fukui, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
2 October, 2009, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics (through 2024 season)
Batting average	.243
Hits	974
Home runs	40
RBIs	370
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 2023 Miami Team 2015 WBSC Premier12 2015 Tokyo Team

Career

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

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