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Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本由伸)
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本由伸), born 1998, Japanese right-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers; three straight NPB Sawamura Awards and Triple Crowns with Orix, record $325 million 2023 contract, 2025 World Series MVP.
Yudai Ohno
Yudai Ohno (大野雄大), born 1988 in Kyoto, is a Chunichi Dragons left-handed NPB pitcher, 2020 Sawamura Award winner, two-time ERA leader, 2019 no-hitter thrower, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist with Japan. Not the Da-iCE singer of the same name.
Yuki Yanagita
Yuki Yanagita (柳田悠岐), born 1988 in Hiroshima, is a Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks outfielder, two-time Pacific League MVP (2015, 2020), eight-time Best Nine winner, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic baseball gold medalist.