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Tetsuto Yamada

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Tetsuto Yamada (山田 哲人, Yamada Tetsuto; born July 16, 1992) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Yamada made his NPB debut in 2012 with Yakult, and has played with them for his whole career. He has won the Central League MVP award, has received the Best Nine Award six times, has been selected to six NPB All-Star Series appearances, and has a Japan Series championship. He has led the Central League in stolen bases three times and home runs once, hitting 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases in a single season on four occasions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 9 different languages on Wikipedia. Tetsuto Yamada is the 6,636th most popular athlete (down from 5,448th in 2024), the 4,844th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,608th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tetsuto Yamada ranks 6,636 out of 6,025Before him are Kotomi Ishizaki, Daniyar İsmayilov, Tatiana Akimova, Álvaro Martín, Million Wolde, and Bruno de Barros. After him are Fang Yuting, Elina Tzengko, Bianca Ghelber, Firas Katoussi, Feyisa Lilesa, and Jessica Pilz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Tetsuto Yamada ranks 1,102Before him are Thomas Krol, Cristina Iovu, Aaron Long, Ksenia Stolbova, Daniyar İsmayilov, and Masato Sasaki. After him are Austin Rivers, Ondřej Balvín, Heather Watson, Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar, Getaneh Kebede, and Maicel Uibo.

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Tetsuto Yamada ranks 103Before him are Kie Kusakabe (1978), Yukiko Ueno (1982), Hina Hayata (2000), Yoshiaki Oiwa (1976), Ryota Yamagata (1992), and Kotomi Ishizaki (1979). After him are Yoshimi Ozaki (1981), Nao Kusaka (2000), Tsuyoshi Ogata (1973), Nonoka Ozaki (2003), Momiji Nishiya (2007), and Ami Yuasa (1998).