Yuhei Takai

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Yuhei Takai 雄平
Home runs		66

Teams
As player Yakult Swallows/Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2003–2021) As coach Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
1× Best Nine Award (2014) 2× NPB All-Star (2014–2015)

Yuhei Takai (高井雄平, Takai Yūhei, born June 25, 1984 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball player. Yuhei played a total of 18 years for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. He began his career as a pitcher, and later converted to an outfielder following the 2009 season and changed his registered name. Starting with the 2022 season, he will be a hitting coach with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Career

Takai began his career in 2003 with the Yakult Swallows, making his NPB debut on April 22, 2003. From 2011 to 2021, he register name changed as Yuhei (雄平, Yūhei) and changed from pitcher to outfielder. On September 28, 2021, Yuhei announced he would be retiring from professional baseball following the 2021 season after 18 years.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

v t e Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster
Pitchers	11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Cody Ponce 14 Takahiro Norimoto 17 Tatsuki Koja 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Kōsei Shōji 20 Nik Turley 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 22 Ryūji Komago 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Kōichi Takada 31 Shōta Watanabe 38 Hayato Yuge 40 Shūto Sakurai 41 Mao Itoh 43 Sung Chia-hao 45 Tomotaka Matsui 46 Shōma Fujihira 47 Masaru Fujii 49 Masaya Nishigaki 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 53 Haruto Sakai 54 Naoki Hinata 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryōta Takinaka 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Katsutoshi Tai 61 Takuma Matsuda 64 Yūki Hayashi 67 Seiya Ōuchi 69 Seiryū Uchi 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa 72 Satoshi Miyamori 79 Kotarō Seimiya
Catchers	2 Hikaru Ohta 44 Takaya Tanaka 55 Yūma Yasuda 65 Kengo Horiuchi 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara
Infielders	0 Hiroto Kobukata 3 Hideto Asamura 4 Toshiki Abe 5 Eigorō Mogi 7 Daichi Suzuki 23 Maikel Franco 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 30 Ryūya Taira 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 39 Yukiya Itoh 42 Haruka Yamada 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 60 Rikai Waters 63 Daiki Irie 66 Itsuki Murabayashi 68 Takumi Aono 78 Kōnosuke Tatsumi
Outfielders	8 Ryōsuke Tatsumi 9 Sōshi Yoshino 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takerō Okajima 32 Daisuke Nakashima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Ginji Maeda 50 Atsuki Mutoh 51 Yūya Ogo
Development players	017 Wang Yan-cheng (P) 062 Naoto Nishiguchi (P) 130 Kōsei Koga (P) 138 Shinri Komine (P) 155 Akihiro Takeshita (P) 022 Kei Mizukami (C) 137 Yūto Egawa (C) 131 Sōtarō Nagata (IF) 141 Kiyoharu Sawano (IF) 142 Ōzora Yanagisawa (OF) 144 Shō Ōkawara (OF)
First squad coaching	Manager: 99 Toshiaki Imae Head coach: 74 Naoto Watanabe Batting coaches: 93 Taketoshi Gotō, 89 Keizō Kawashima Battery coach: 82 Naoki Matoba Infield defense/base running coach: 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Yoshifumi Okada
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Hajime Miki Batting coaches: 84 Yūhei, 95 Toshitake Yokoo Pitching coaches: 80 Takashi Ishii, 75 Shinichirō Koyama, 91 Yūya Kubo Battery coach: 96 Masahiko Tanaka Infield defense/base running coach: 92 Nobuyuki Okumura Outfield defense/base running coach: 85 Akihisa Makida General development coach: 87 Yasunaga Makishi Development coach: 90 Fumitoshi Takano

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