On the evening of February 9, Beijing time, according to news from many Japanese media, 28-year-old Japanese professional baseball player Yusuke Mansa chose to represent the Chinese national team in the future, and he will play in the World Baseball Classic held in March this year. It is worth noting that the World Baseball Classic China and Japan are grouped together, and Yusuke Masa will face Japan as a member of the Chinese team.
Yusuke Masa, born on May 4, 1994, is a professional fielder. Talented, he represented Japan in the U23 World Cup baseball tournament as early as 2016, helping the team win the championship and win the MVP award.
Because both parents are Chinese immigrants and his father has always retained Chinese nationality, Yusuke Masa has always qualified to represent the Chinese team in the World Series. In the end, after much deliberation, Yusuke Masa finally chose to represent his parents' country of birth.
In recent years, China and Japan have had frequent exchanges of talents in the sports arena. The Chinese table tennis genius Zhang Benzhihe is a model of success. Zhang Ben, who has repeatedly defeated the main force of national table tennis, has now become the biggest rival of Chinese men's table tennis. Now that Yusuke Shinsa will represent the Chinese team in the future, we also look forward to his outstanding performance to help the weak Chinese baseball team improve its strength.
At present, there are many naturalized players in Chinese sports. In football, in addition to naturalized Chinese players such as Li Ke and Jiang Guangtai, there are also naturalized internationals of non-descent such as Axon, Alan and Luo Guofu. In other fields, such as Lin Xiaocheng, Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, and Gu Ailing in skiing, because of their outstanding strength and high popularity, they are all athletes that Chinese netizens pay great attention to.