Yuichiro Utagawa

Yuichiro Utagawa (宇田川 雄一郎)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 172 lb.

• School Kyoto Sangyo University
• High School Otani High School

• Born January 4, 1987 in Kyoto Prefecture Japan

Biographical Information

Yuichiro Utagawa pitched for Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki in the industrial leagues after college. He was on the Japanese national team preliminary roster for the 2010 Asian Games but did not make the final cut. In the 2011 Baseball World Cup, he tied Tomoyuki Kaida for the Japanese lead with four games pitched. He allowed no runs and two hits while fanning three. He saw brief action against Team USA (retiring Matt Clark), Panama (retiring Fernando Seguignol) and the champion Dutch national team (allowing a run-scoring double to Curt Smith before retiring Sharlon Schoop and Bryan Engelhardt). He saw a three-inning outing against Puerto Rico, allowing no runs against a team with 3 MLB veterans in the lineup.