Yuma Tongu
Tongu with the Orix Buffaloes
Orix Buffaloes – No. 44
Catcher / Infielder
Born: (1996-11-17) November 17, 1996
Bizen, Okayama, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
March 29, 2019, for the Orix Buffaloes
NPB statistics
(through July 31, 2023)
Batting average.257
Home runs32
RBIs97
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Yuma Tongu (頓宮 裕真, Tongu Yuma, born November 17, 1996 in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He plays catcher and infielder, specifically on every infield position outside of shortstop.[1][2]

In elementary school, Tongu was friends and teammates with future Buffaloes teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and at the time, Yamamoto also played catcher, so both played catch with each other.[3]

References

  1. Organization, Nippon Professional Baseball. "Tongu,Yuma(ORIX Buffaloes) | Players". Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  2. "44 頓宮 裕真 選手名鑑2023". オリックス・バファローズ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  3. "頓宮裕真 | オリックス・バファローズ | 選手". 週刊ベースボールONLINE (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-30.
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