[11/24/2017] Ryutaro Umeno to become next Tigers chief player rep

November 24, 2017 at 10:57 am by Gen

Ryutaro Umeno is said to be next in line to take over as Hanshin Tigers chief player representative. Umeno is currently the vice player rep. An official announcement is expected during the final team player meeting of the year later this month.

Umeno will be taking over for Keisuke Kano.

Source: Daily Sports 11/24/2017, Sponichi 11/24/2017, Nikkan Sports 11/24/2017

[UPDATE 11/29 @ 9:32pm]

The Tigers announced that Umeno will be their next chief player representative. They also announced the following members:

• Masahiro Nakatani – deputy chief player representative
• Shun Takayama – player representative official
• Shintaro Fujinami – player representative official

Source: Hanshin 11/29/2017

Ryutaro Umeno: Did You Know

November 22, 2017 at 2:50 pm by Gen

Milestones

General

Two-home run games

• July 1, 2014 vs Yakult at Kurashiki
• August 26, 2018 vs Yomiuri at Tokyo Dome

Source: Nikkan Sports 8/26/2018

Miscellaneous

2017

Umeno recently purchased a 300,000 yen Specialized bicycle. He plans to ride it to Koshien Stadium (twenty to twenty-five minutes one way) as part of his training regime this winter

Source: Sanspo 11/22/2017, Sponichi 11/22/2017

[3/21/2017] Ryutaro Umeno gets married

March 21, 2017 at 11:55 pm by Gen

Ryutaro Umeno (25) filed marriage papers with a twenty-seven-year-old woman from Fukuoka earlier today. The date is significant for Umeno because it would be his mother’s fiftieth birthday if she were still alive (she died of ovarian cancer at the age of thirty-four).

Source: Sponichi 3/21/2017, Daily Sports 3/21/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/21/2017