Yuya Gunji

Yuya Gunji (郡司 裕也)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 189 lbs.

• School Keio University
• High School Sendai Ikuei High School

• Born December 27, 1997 in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan

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Biographical Information

Yuya Gunji has played in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Gunji represented Japan in the 2018 World University Baseball Championship. He batted .538/.647/.615 with 6 runs in 5 games for the champs, handling 33 chances error-free. He tied Martin Červinka for 4th in average, was 10th in slugging, was second in OBP (.005 behind Frank Bulte) and tied Michael Vykoukal for 7th in putouts (32). He was on the Japanese collegiate All-Stars in 2019. He was drafted by the Chunichi Dragons in the 4th round of the 2019 NPB draft, and he hit .156/.267/.203 in 30 games in 2020. He then stayed in the NPB Farm Leagues in 2021, and he was 8-for-42 in 2022. The Dragons traded him with Takumi Yamamoto to the Nippon Ham Fighters for Shingo Usami and Koki Saito in 2023, and he hit .254/.319/.331 in 55 games. Gunji then became a third baseman in 2024 (having been a catcher-outfielder previously), and he was selected into the 2024 NPB All-Star Game. He went 0-for-3 in Game 1, then he was 2-for-2 with a pair of singles against Takuma Kirishiki and Hiroki Ohnishi in Game 2.