Tomohito Yoneno (米野智人, born January 21, 1982, in

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

) is a Japanese professional

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for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's

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