Yuki Yanagita

Yuki Yanagita
Yuki Yanagita
	Yanagita with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 9
	Outfielder / Designated Hitter
	Born: October 9, 1988 (age 36); Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
	May 8, 2011, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics ; (through 2024 season)
Batting average	.312
Home runs	264
RBI	890
Stolen bases	162
Teams
	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–present);
Career highlights and awards
	NPB 6× Japan Series champion (2014–2015, 2017–2020); 4× Japan Series Outstanding Player Award (2014, 2017-2018, 2020); 2× Pacific League MVP (2015, 2020); 2018 PLCS MVP; 8× Pacific League Best Nine Award (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023); 6× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021); 2× Pacific League Batting Leader (2015,2018); 4× Pacific League OBP Leader (2015-2018); 2× Pacific League Hitting Leader (2020, 2023); 5× Pacific League OPS Leader (2015-2018,2020); Triple 3 Club: min. .300 BA, 30 HR, 30 SB 2015; 2× Interleague play (NPB) MVP (2015, 2017); 10× NPB All-Star (2014–2019, 2021-2024); 3× NPB All-Star Game MVP (2014, 2022, 2023); Hit for the cycle on April 21, 2018; Hochi Professional Sports Award (2015); New Word/Buzzword Award Annual Grand Prize (2015); Pacific League Special Award (2015); SKY PerfecTV! Dramatic Sayonara Award Annual Grand Prize (2015); Yanase 100th Anniversary Award (2016);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
Summer Olympics

Yuki Yanagita (柳田悠岐, Yanagita Yūki, born October 9, 1988 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan), nicknamed "Gita (ギータ)^[1]", is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He is a ten-time All-Star and a two-time Pacific League MVP, earning those honors in 2015 and 2020.

Yanagita is recognized as one of the most successful players in NPB since the 21st century, based on his accomplishments both team and individual, including six Japan Series championships, four-time Japan Series MVP, two-time Pacific League MVP and five-time OPS leader.

^ "侍ジャパントップチーム選手紹介／柳田悠岐（福岡ソフトバンクホークス". japan-baseball.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-20.

[1] "侍ジャパントップチーム選手紹介／柳田悠岐（福岡ソフトバンクホークス". japan-baseball.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-20.

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