Ryosuke Tatsumi

Ryosuke Tatsumi (辰己 涼介)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 163 lb.

• School Ritsumeikan University
• High School Yashiro High School

• Born December 27, 1996 in Kobe, Hyogo Japan

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Biographical Information

Ryosuke Tatsumi has played in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Tatsumi represented Japan in the 2017 Universiade and the 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week. He won the Homerun King and Jacques Reuvers Award in the latter event. The Hanshin Tigers, Yomiuri Giants, SoftBank Hawks and Rakuten Golden Eagles all drafted Tatsumi in the first round of the 2018 NPB draft, and the Eagles won the lottery for his rights. Tatsumi debuted on March 30, 2019, and collected his first career hit off Yuki Ariyoshi on the next day. Tatsumi secured the everyday outfielder spot as a rookie, and batted .229/.320/.318 with 13 steals in this season. The Kobe native hit .223/.286/.378 with 8 dingers and 11 steals in 2020. In 2021, Tatsumi blasted a homer off Naoyuki Uesawa on the first ball of the opening game, becoming the fifth player in NPB history to did so. He recorded a .225/.326/.345 batting line, and won the NPB Gold Glove award as an outfielder. He became the first player in team history to hit two home runs in a inning on June 12, 2022 against the Yomiuri Giants. Tatsumi ended up batting .271/.354/.401 with career-high 11 homers in this season. He also won the Gold Glove award again.