C Kenya Wakatsuki #12
HA Tigers NPB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
07/10/2025
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C KENYA WAKATSUKI #12 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
34 68 11 2 0 0 4 1 18 .162 .174 .191 0 -0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 40 40 40
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 30 35 30 30
Eye 35 35 35 35
Avoid K's 55 55 55 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 45
Errors: - 55 55
Arm: 70 60 60
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 60 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 65 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 45
Stealing Aggressiveness: 35
Stealing Ability: 45
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/08/2025 @ YOKO Win, 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/06/2025 HIRO Loss, 5-11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/03/2025 @ CHUN Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/02/2025 @ CHUN Loss, 5-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/29/2025 @ YOM Loss, 2-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/24/2025 CHUN Loss, 8-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/22/2025 @ HIRO Loss, 2-10 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
06/20/2025 @ HIRO Win, 6-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/15/2025 @ ORI Loss, 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/10/2025 @ FSB Loss, 0-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Leader in the clubhouse.
Personality Class: Captain
High: Leader
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:10/04/1995
Born in:Kazo, SAI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:Y290,000
Signed Through:2025 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 24 Days
Service This Yr:104 Days
40-Man Service:9 Years, 24 Days
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
JAPAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2025 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 34 68 11 2 0 0 4 3 1 18 .162 .174 .191 .365 .159 .029 -13
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 17 69 0 1 0 2 0 0 13 2 0 0 0.0 1.9 0.86 -0.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   29 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 .069 .100 .103 .203
Versus Right   39 9 1 0 0 4 2 0 9 0 0 0 .231 .231 .256 .487
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Week   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
March   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
April   24 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 .125 .160 .125 .285
May   20 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 .300 .300 .350 .650
June   16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .062 .062 .062 .125
July   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Spring Training   25 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 .120 .185 .120 .305
Last Year   42 9 0 0 0 6 3 2 4 1 3 1 .214 .261 .214 .475
2 Years Ago   102 21 4 0 1 11 10 5 13 1 0 1 .206 .248 .275 .522
Career   1589 342 67 4 7 148 126 65 354 8 110 25 .215 .256 .276 .532
Home   29 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 .241 .241 .310 .552
Road   39 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 11 0 0 0 .103 .125 .103 .228
Grass   46 9 2 0 0 3 3 1 12 0 0 0 .196 .213 .239 .452
Turf   22 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Day   29 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 .241 .241 .310 .552
Night   39 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 13 0 0 0 .103 .125 .103 .228
As Starter   57 10 2 0 0 4 3 1 15 0 0 0 .175 .190 .211 .400
As Reliever / Substitution   11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Pinch Hitting   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Close/Late   19 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 .368 .368 .368 .737
Inning 1-3   19 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 .105 .105 .158 .263
Inning 4-6   23 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .087 .125 .130 .255
Inning 7-9   22 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 .318 .318 .318 .636
Extra Innings   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   20 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 .150 .190 .150 .340
1 Outs   21 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .143 .143 .190 .333
2 Outs   27 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 .185 .185 .222 .407
Scoring Position   24 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 8 0 0 0 .083 .120 .083 .203
Bases Empty   31 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 .161 .161 .194 .355
Runner on 1st   13 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .692
Runner on 2nd   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Bases Loaded   3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Two Strikes   30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
First Pitch   12 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .538 .500 1.038
Count 0-1   7 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .714 1.143
Count 0-2   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-1   7 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-2   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-1   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Full Count   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Behind in Count   20 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 .150 .150 .250 .400
Ahead in Count   12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   9 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000
Batting 7th   17 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 .118 .167 .176 .343
Batting 8th   23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 .043 .043 .043 .087
Batting 9th   16 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   22 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 .182 .182 .227 .409
Medium Leverage   25 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 .200 .200 .240 .440
High Leverage   21 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 7 0 0 0 .095 .136 .095 .232
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2015 OR - NPB 19 5 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -48 -73 -0.2
2016 OR - NPB 20 85 229 52 13 0 0 20 22 4 6 0 42 0 0 .227 .259 .284 .543 56 48 -0.5
2017 OR - NPB 21 100 218 44 8 2 1 18 16 10 3 2 50 0 0 .202 .245 .271 .515 47 41 -0.7
2018 OR - NPB 22 114 269 66 9 2 1 27 22 7 2 1 80 1 0 .245 .269 .305 .574 64 59 -0.3
2019 OR - NPB 23 138 298 53 9 0 1 21 21 21 4 0 73 2 0 .178 .241 .218 .460 32 26 -1.5
2020 OR - NPB 24 75 192 46 12 0 3 19 14 9 5 1 40 2 0 .240 .290 .349 .639 82 81 0.3
2021 Orix - NPB 25 70 160 39 10 0 0 22 15 6 3 2 32 0 0 .244 .281 .306 .587 65 64 0.4
2023 HA - NPB 27 34 102 21 4 0 1 11 10 5 1 1 13 0 0 .206 .248 .275 .522 55 50 0.1
2024 HA - NPB 28 66 42 9 0 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 4 0 0 .214 .261 .214 .475 39 22 -0.1
2025 HA - NPB 29 34 68 11 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 18 0 0 .162 .174 .191 .365 2 -13 -0.5
Total NPB 721 1589 342 67 4 7 148 126 65 25 8 354 5 0 .215 .256 .276 .532 52 47 -3.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2014 OR (Ni-Gun) - AA 18 57 157 36 5 0 4 26 12 5 1 2 33 1 1 .229 .255 .338 .592 66 57 -0.3
2015 OR (Ni-Gun) - AA 19 90 242 56 13 0 4 22 18 13 2 2 28 0 1 .231 .274 .335 .609 71 64 -0.2
2016 OR (Ni-Gun) - AA 20 30 85 19 2 0 0 6 4 4 3 0 17 0 1 .224 .283 .247 .530 49 47 -0.3
2017 OR (Ni-Gun) - AA 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -140 -0.1
2018 OR (Ni-Gun) - AA 22 4 12 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .417 .583 61 46 -0.0
2019 OR (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 2 8 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 181 200 0.1
2022 Orix (Ni-Gun) - AA 26 112 392 103 20 6 3 41 40 25 5 2 65 0 2 .263 .314 .367 .681 72 66 -0.1
2023 HA (Ni-Gun) - AA 27 32 110 34 9 1 1 6 12 7 1 2 16 0 2 .309 .350 .436 .786 125 125 0.7
Total NGN 328 1009 254 49 7 13 104 87 54 12 8 163 1 7 .252 .295 .353 .648 75 69
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2021 Orix - NPB 25 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -120 0.5
2024 HA - NPB 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -132 0.1
Total NPB 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -128
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 OR - INT C 71 0 461 36 3 499 2 .996 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
2021 Orix - INT C 66 42 376 39 5 420 5 .988 409.2 9.12 +2.1 .916 1 31 15 48.4
2022 Orix (Ni-Gun) - AA C 107 104 798 94 7 900 8 .991 921.1 8.71 +0.8 .859 5 133 50 37.6
2022 Orix (Ni-Gun) - AA 2B 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 14.0 2.57 -0.9 .767
2022 Orix (Ni-Gun) - AA SS 3 3 5 4 0 10 1 .900 30.0 2.70 -2.2 .533
2023 HA (Ni-Gun) - AA C 32 32 208 22 3 233 3 .987 288.2 7.17 -0.6 .754 0 26 11 42.3
2023 HA - INT C 33 25 191 19 3 211 1 .995 236.2 7.99 +2.3 1.839 1 14 4 28.6
2024 HA - INT C 59 8 141 6 2 147 0 1.000 147.0 9.00 +0.4 .000 0 2 2 100.0
2025 HA - INT C 25 17 135 9 4 144 0 1.000 154.2 8.38 +0.3 1.443 1 17 3 17.6
2025 HA - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 393 228 2310 225 27 2554 19 .993 2158.0 10.57 +5.3 .992 8 223 85 38.1
TOTAL 2B 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 14.0 2.57 -0.9 .767
TOTAL SS 3 3 5 4 0 10 1 .900 30.0 2.70 -2.2 .533
TOTAL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
by the Orix Buffaloes in the 3rd round of the 2013 NPB Draft from Hanasaki Tokuharu High School
11/30/2021 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of Y600,000.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 35 (35).
10/24/2022 Became a free agent.
11/29/2022 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (35); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 35 (35).
03/29/2023 Released by the FSB organization.
04/04/2023 Signed a minor league contract with the HA Tigers organization.
10/18/2023 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of Y215,000 with the HA Tigers organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 30 (30); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 25 (25).
10/27/2024 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of Y290,000.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 35 (35).
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