Yūsuke Kinoshita

baseball player 1993 - 2021)

Yūsuke Kinoshita (木下雄介, Kinoshita Yūsuke, 10 October 1993 – 3 August 2021) was a Japanese professional baseball player. He played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons from 2017 until 2020. He also played for the Tokushima Indigo Socks from 2015 until 2016. Kinoshita was born in Osaka, Japan.

On 26 July 2021, Kinoshita was hospitalized in Nagoya, Japan after after going into cardiopulmonary arrest.[1] He died eight days later on 3 August, aged 27.[2]

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  1. "中日・木下雄介投手が27歳で死去 7月6日の練習中に倒れ意識戻らず 育成出身、右肩脱臼からのリハビリ中". Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 6 August 2021.
  2. "中日・木下雄介投手死去 27歳 7月6日練習中に倒れ意識不明に 育成からはい上がった5年目右腕". スポーツニッポン (in Japanese). スポーツニッポン新聞社. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.