Japanese-American Perspectives

Tetsuro Nishida (西田哲朗)

School: Kansai University Daiichi High School
Born: 9/4/1991
Home Town: Osaka
Height: 179cm / Weight: 73kg
Throws: Right / Bats: Right
Position: SS

50-meter: 6sec

Nickname: [Hayato] Sakamoto the 2nd

Nishida is considered the number 1 slugger out of the Kansai region. Some scouts feel he has the 3 tools necessary to make it in the pros: run, hit, and field. He has ...

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (筒香嘉智)

School: Yokohama High School
Born: 11/26/1991
Home Town: Wakayama Prefecture
Height: 183cm / Weight: 85kg
Throws: Right / Bats: Left
Position: 1B, 3B

Nickname: Godzilla of the Bay

This kid is known for his power. He has bashed 67 home runs over his high school career so far (as of 7/15/2009). Some feel he could have had closer to 80+ home runs by now had he not missed about 40 games due to lower back ...

Yusei Kikuchi (菊池雄星)

School: Hanamaki Higashi High School
Born: 6/17/1991
Home Town: Iwate Prefecture
Height: 184cm / Weight: 82kg
Throws: Left / Bats: Left
Pitches: fastball, slider, curve, cutter, change, fork

Max: 152km/h

This is a pitcher that's drawing a lot of attention in baseball circles in Japan right now. I think every team in the NPB is interested in him. A number of MLB scounts are also ...

Takayuki Makka (眞下貴之)

School: Tokai University Boyo Senior High School
Born: 4/19/1991
Home Town: Hokkaido
Height: 187cm / Weight: 76kg
Throws: Left / Bats: Left
Pitches: fastball, curve, slider

Max: 145km/h

Tossed a complete game shut-out against Chiba Kokusai High School and struck out 20 batters in the preliminaries during this year's Chiba Tournament.

His stats from the tournament : ...