Kenya Wakatsuki

Japanese baseball player (born 1995)

Baseball player

Kenya Wakatsuki

Wakatsuki in 2021 with the Orix Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes – No. 2
Catcher
Born: (1995-10-04) October 4, 1995 (age 29)
Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut
May 1, 2015, for the Orix Buffaloes
NPB statistics
(through August 7, 2023)
Batting average| .231
Home runs| 19
Hits| 391
RBI| 148
Stolen bases| 10
Teams

* Orix Buffaloes (2014–present)

Career highlights and awards

* 3x Best Battery Award with Pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2021-2023)
* Japan Series champion (2022)
* NPB All-Star (2023)

Medals

Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
18U Baseball World Cup
| 2013 Taichung | Team

Kenya Wakatsuki (若月 健矢, Wakatsuki Ken'ya; born October 4, 1995 in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

He married anime voice actress Rika Tachibana on December 28, 2019.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Voice Actress Rika Tachibana Announces Marriage to Pro Baseball Player Kenya Wakatsuki

## External links

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* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* NPB stats

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Orix Buffaloes current roster

Pitchers|

* 00 Anderson Espinoza
* 11 Shunpeita Yamashita
* 12 Kōhei Azuma
* 13 Hiroya Miyagi
* 14 Yūki Udagawa
* 15 Ren Mukunoki
* 16 Yoshihisa Hirano
* 17 Ryūhei Sotani
* 19 Taisuke Yamaoka
* 20 Shōta Abe
* 21 Sōichirō Yamazaki
* 22 Ryōta Muranishi
* 23 Kōsei Yoshida
* 26 Kyōsuke Saitoh
* 28 Ryōga Tomiyama
* 29 Daiki Tajima
* 35 Motoki Higa
* 40 Shō Iwasaki
* 42 Andrés Machado
* 43 Yuito Mae
* 46 Hitomi Honda
* 48 Kaisei Tōmatsu
* 52 Kaede Yokoyama
* 54 Luis Castillo
* 56 Atsuya Kogita
* 57 Nobuyoshi Yamada
* 58 Kazutomo Iguchi
* 59 Luis Perdomo
* 63 Kōsuke Kawachi
* 66 Hiroshi
* 68 Kaito Iriyama
* 93 Kazuma Satoh
* 94 Kento Kawase
* 95 Kaito Saiki
* 96 Taito Takashima
* 97 Seiryū Kotajima
* 98 Ryūsei Gonda

Catchers|

* 2 Kenya Wakatsuki
* 4 Tomoya Mori
* 32 Shō Fukunaga
* 37 Ryō Ishikawa
* 44 Yūma Tongū
* 62 Shūna Hori

Infielders|

* 3 Ryōichi Adachi
* 5 Masahiro Nishino
* 6 Yūma Mune
* 8 Marwin González
* 9 Tomoya Noguchi
* 10 Kōji Ohshiro
* 24 Kōtarō Kurebayashi
* 25 Hō Naitoh
* 30 Taishi Hirooka
* 31 Ryō Ohta
* 34 Seiya Yokoyama
* 36 Tatsuya Yamaashi
* 40 Leandro Cedeño
* 53 Shō Gibo
* 64 Kōsei Ohsato
* 67 Keita Nakagawa

Outfielders|

* 0 Haruto Watanabe
* 1 Shūhei Fukuda
* 7 Ryōma Nishikawa
* 27 Kendai Gen
* 33 Ryū Sugisawa
* 38 Ryōto Kita
* 39 Ryōma Ikeda
* 41 Kōdai Sano
* 45 Cody Thomas
* 50 Yūya Oda
* 55 T-Okada
* 61 Tokumasa Chano
* 99 Yūtarō Sugimoto

Development pitchers|

* 017 Chen Mu-heng
* 041 Hiroto Suga
* 042 Kaito Ōe
* 043 Riku Miyaguni
* 044 Taketo Ashida
* 053 Taiga Uehara
* 056 Kento Inui
* 122 Ryōta Muranishi
* 128 Yuito Mae
* 130 Taiki Ono
* 135 Kōsuke Kawachi

Development catchers|

* 034 Kyōichirō Murakami
* 055 Kōsuke Tajima

Development infielders|

* 045 Sōta Kawano
* 051 Tomoki Imasaka
* 052 Musashi Shimizu
* 124 Jo Endo
* 125 Jarryd Dale
* 126 Kazuya Katsuki
* 153 Shō Gibo

Development outfielders|

* 054 Seiichi Teramoto

First squad
coaching|

* Manager: 71 Mamoru Kishida
* Head coach: 88 Katsumi Mizumoto
* Strategy coach: 87 Toshio Saitoh
* Pitching coaches: 75 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa, 77 Motoki Higa
* Batting coaches: 78 Ikki Shimamura, 82 Keizo Kawashima
* Infield defense/base running coaches: 83 Ryōichi Adachi
* Outfield defense/base running coaches: 70 Yūsuke Matsui
* Battery coaches: 74 Katsuki Yamazaki

Second squad
coaching|

* Manager: 81 Toshio Haru
* Head coach: 76 Naoyuki Kazaoka
* Chief development coach: 89 Hiroshi Kobayashi
* Pitching coaches: 73 Rui Makino, 72 Masafumi Hirai
* Batting coaches: 85 Shinji Takahashi, 79 Masakazu Fukukawa
* Infield defense/base running coaches: 80 Shūhei Kojima
* Outfield defense/base running coaches: 86 Shintarō Yoshida
* Battery coaches: 97 Masato Matsui
* Development coaches: 90 Yūya Oda, 91 Daisuke Iida, 84 Kōhei Suzuki

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Orix Buffaloes 2022 Japan Series champions

1 Shuhei Fukuda
2 Kenya Wakatsuki
3 Ryoichi Adachi
5 Masahiro Nishino
6 Yuma Mune
7 Masataka Yoshida
9 Tomoya Noguchi
10 Koji Ohshiro
11 Sachiya Yamasaki
13 Hiroya Miyagi
16 Yoshihisa Hirano
18 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
19 Taisuke Yamaoka
20 Taisuke Kondoh
21 Daichi Takeyasu
23 Torai Fushimi
24 Kotaro Kurebayashi
29 Daiki Tajima
31 Ryo Ohta
33 Masato Matsui
35 Motoki Higa
36 Tatsuya Yamaashi
38 Ryoto Kita
41 Kodai Sano
44 Yuma Tongu
45 Shota Abe
46 Hitomi Honda
50 Yuya Oda
54 Yūta Kuroki
55 T-Okada
56 Atsuya Kogita
58 Jacob Waguespack
63 Soichiro Yamazaki
67 Keita Nakagawa
96 Yuki Udagawa
99 Yutaro Sugimoto (Japan Series MVP)

Manager
78 Satoshi Nakajima

Coaches
Bench 88 Katsumi Mizumoto
Pitching 73 Ikuo Takayama
Pitching 75 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa
Hitting 77 Eishin Soyogi
Hitting 79 Ryutaro Tsuji
Infield 76 Kazeoka Naoyuki
Outfield 81 So Taguchi
Catching 87 Toshio Saito

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