is a Japanese professional

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for the

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(NPB).

Career

Yamasaki was drafted with the first pick by the

in 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft. He has been selected as an all-star five times in his career.

International career

Yamasaki was selected for the

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at the

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. On August 20, 2018, he was selected to be on the Samurai Japan Roster for the

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. On February 27, 2019, he was selected for the

at the 2019 exhibition games against

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. On October 1, 2019, he was again selected for the Japan national team at the

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Personal life

Yamasaki has a Japanese father and a Filipino mother her mother name

References

External links

Yasuaki Yamasaki on NPB.com
* 1992 births Living people Asia University (Japan) alumni Japanese people of Filipino descent Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners People from Arakawa, Tokyo Baseball people from Tokyo Yokohama DeNA BayStars players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players 2019 WBSC Premier12 players Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball players of Japan Olympic medalists in baseball Olympic gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub