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Shugo Maki

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Shugo Maki
Maki with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – No. 2
Infielder
Born: (1998-04-21) 21 April 1998 (age 28)
Nakano, Nagano, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
26 March, 2021, for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars
NPB statistics
(through 2025 season)
Batting average.295
Home runs114
Runs batted in384
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
World Baseball Classic
Gold medal – first place2023 MiamiTeam
WBSC Premier12
Silver medal – second place2024Team
Maki with the WBC Japan national team at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2023

Shugo Maki (牧 秀悟, Maki Shugo; born 21 April 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[2][3]

Career

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Before turning pro

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He started playing baseball in the first grade at Nakano Municipal Nakano Elementary School when his older brother joined the King Animals,[4] a baseball team for third grade and above, and started batting fourth in the fall of his second grade year.[5] Since his parents were both working, he spent his days practicing baseball with his grandfather, who had a net set up in the yard where he practiced hitting every day.[4] When he was a student at Nannomiya Junior High School in Nakano, he was a member of Wakaho Little Senior, and although it was a newly established team, it participated in national tournaments in its second and third years.[4][6]

At Matsumoto Daiichi High School, he was a center fielder from the spring of his freshman year[7] and won the prefectural tournament in the spring of his junior year, but lost the first game of both the summer of his sophomore and junior years.[8][9] In high school, two grades above him was Daiki Momose.[citation needed]

In the professional baseball draft held on 26 October 2020, he was selected in the second round by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.[10] He tentatively signed a contract for 77 million yen and an annual salary of 13 million yen (amount is estimated).[11] His number is 2.[citation needed]

On 22 December 2020, he was awarded the Nakano City Honor Award.[citation needed]

Personal life

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His family runs a beauty salon in Nakano.[12]

When he hits a home run, he performs "Destasha," a performance that mimics the pose of YouTuber duo SAWAYAN.[13]

Off 2022, he announced his marriage to a female classmate whom he had been dating since college.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "セントラル・リーグ表彰 | 2021年 表彰選手 | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "Register: Maki, Shugo (YOKOHAMA DeNA BAYSTARS)". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "牧 秀悟 ｜ 横浜DeNAベイスターズ". www.baystars.co.jp. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "野球 - 中央大主将の牧秀悟内野手 「1歳半からボール投げに夢中」 母よりあなたに | 4years. #学生スポーツ". 4years (in Japanese). 25 February 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "ＤｅＮＡ牧秀悟の原点（１）「俺が打つから」上級生を鼓舞". カナロコ by 神奈川新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ↑ NPBエンタープライズ. "牧 秀悟｜トップチーム". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "【とっておきメモ】ＤｅＮＡ牧秀悟の高校時代 真面目で評定平均は４以上 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "「高校野球が終わりじゃない」 松本第一出身の牧選手：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "牧 秀悟" [Maki Shugo] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "中央大学硬式野球部 牧秀悟選手への指名挨拶について（ご案内） |". 中央大学 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "ＤｅＮＡ２位牧「プレッシャーが」背番はロペスの２ - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "【ＤｅＮＡ】ドラ２牧秀悟が入寮 おみくじは凶でショックも「前向きに考えています」". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "牧秀悟（24歳）ってどんな人？ 大谷翔平とすっかり仲良し、プロ2年で"年俸1億超え"…DeNA先輩・後輩が証言「牧の周りには必ず人が集まる」（日比野恭三）". Number Web - ナンバー (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  14. ↑ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (28 December 2022). "ＤｅＮＡ・牧秀悟が結婚「中大の頃から長くお付き合いさせていただいた」 ２４歳、生涯の伴侶とともに…リーグＶへ！ＷＢＣへ！！". サンスポ (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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