Yūsuke Kinoshita
| Yūsuke Kinoshita 木下雄介 | |
|---|---|
 Kinoshita pitching for the Dragons in 2019 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: 10 October 1993 Osaka, Osaka, Japan | |
| Died: 3 August 2021 (aged 27)[1] Nagoya, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| 15 April 2018, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| Last NPB appearance | |
| 24 October 2020, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| NPB statistics | |
| Win-loss record | 0-0 |
| Innings pitched | 40.2 |
| Earned run average | 4.87 |
| Strikeouts | 48 |
| Teams | |
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Yūsuke Kinoshita (木下雄介, Kinoshita Yūsuke, 10 October 1993 – 3 August 2021) was a professional Japanese baseball player. He played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.
On 20 October 2016, Kinoshita was selected as the 1st round development draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2016 NPB Draft and on 9 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥2,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥3,000,000 yearly salary.[2]
On 23 March 2018, Kinoshita was upgraded to a fully rostered contract and was presented with the number 98.[3]
Kinoshita collapsed with a cardiopulmonary arrest[4] on 6 July 2021 during rehabilitation training on his right shoulder at Nagoya Stadium and was rushed to hospital where he was put on a ventilator. He died without regaining consciousness on 3 August 2021. There was some media speculation that his death was connected to having his first COVID vaccine eight days prior to his collapse, but no such causal link had been established.[5]
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- ^ "中日・木下雄介投手が27歳で死去 7月6日の練習中に倒れ意識戻らず 育成出身、右肩脱臼からのリハビリ中". Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 6 August 2021.
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