Ayatsugu Yamashita
# Ayatsugu Yamashita

Ayatsugu Yamashita (山下 斐紹, Yamashita Ayatsugu, born November 16, 1992) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chunichi Dragons.

## Career

### Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks selected Yamashita with the first selection in the 2010 NPB draft.

On May 6, 2013, Yamashita made his NPB debut.

### Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

On November 14, 2017, Hawks traded Yamashita to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for Tetsuro Nishida.

On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.

### Chunichi Dragons

On December 12, 2020, Yamashita signed with Chunichi Dragons of NPB. December 18, 2020, Yamashita held press conference.

