Shohei Tateyama

Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 25

Starting pitcher

Born: March 17, 1981
Atsugi, Japan

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut

2003, for the Yakult Swallows

NPB statistics

78-55

3.09

904

1.18

Teams

Yakult Swallows/Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2003–present)

Career highlights and awards

Led Central League in winning percentage (2008)
Led Central League in wins (2009)
Led Central League in Shutouts (2010 and 2011)

Shohei Tateyama (館山昌平, Tateyama Shōhei, born March 3, 1981) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently a starting pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Background

Tateyama began his professional career in 2003 with the Yakult Swallows and became a regular pitcher from the 2004 season and from 2008, a regular starter for the team. At this time his performances improved and he led the Central League in winning percentage with 0.800 (12-3). The next year, he led the league in victories, with 16, despite a 3.39 ERA, and in 2010 and 2011 he led the league in shutouts, becoming monthly MVP in August 2010. He was the monthly MVP again in April and September 2012.

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster

Active roster	0 Wataru Hiyane 1 Tetsuto Yamada 2 Keiji Obiki 3 Naomichi Nishiura 4 Wladimir Balentien 5 Shingo Kawabata 7 Hiroyasu Tanaka 8 Shinichi Takeuchi 9 Yasushi Iihara 10 Ryosuke Morioka 12 Taichi Ishiyama 13 Luis Pérez 14 Ryo Akiyoshi 16 Juri Hara 17 Yoshihisa Naruse 18 Toshihiro Sugiura 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Tetsuya Yamamoto 21 Kenichi Matsuoka 22 Shingo Takeshita 24 Takahiro Araki 25 Shohei Tateyama 26 Kentaro Kyuko 28 Masahiko Tanaka 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 30 Akihisa Nishida 31 Kotaro Yamasaki 32 Ren Kazahari 33 Kazuhiro Hatakeyama 34 Kyle Davies 35 Kengo Tagawa 36 Taishi Hirooka 37 Yudai Hoshino 38 Tetsuya Terada 39 Yusaku Nakamoto 40 Masato Furuno 41 Yuhei 42 Tomotaka Sakaguchi 43 Kyohei Muranaka 44 Keiji Iwahashi 45 Hiroaki Dohi 46 Ryota Yachi 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Julius Higuma 49 Daiki Watanabe 50 Tsuyoshi Ueda 51 Ryota Fujii 52 Yuhei Nakamura 53 Josh Lueke 54 Masato Nakazawa 55 Koji Yamakawa 56 Nobuyuki Okumura 57 Jun Matsui 58 Logan Ondrusek 59 Takahiro Imanami 60 Masayoshi Miwa 61 Yuto Koyama 62 Takeaki Tokuyama 63 Suguru Ino 64 Ryohei Kiya 65 Izumi Hara 66 Nagisa Arakaki 68 Hirofumi Yamanaka 69 Ryuhei Kawakami 70 Ryosuke Yagi 91 Atsushi Ugumori 111 Shogo Nakashima (Trainee) 121 Yoshinori (Trainee) 167 Ryo Hirai (Trainee)

Coaching staff	Manager and head coach 77 Mitsuru Manaka

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