Masahiro Tanaka Wife, Salary, Height, Weight, Body Net Worth, Bio

Baseball has become one of the most famous sports in America after football, basketball and hockey. The game has produced many stars, including Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka who plays for Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees. He is a five-time All-Star and a two-time Eiji Sawamura Award recipient.

Masahiro Tanaka signed up for the Yankees in a $155 million contract in 2014. Previously, he played for the Nippon Professional Baseball League with Tohoku Rakuten’s Golden Eagles from 2007 to 2013. His contract with the Yankees was the 5th largest contract by a pitcher in MLB history.

Masahiro Tanaka’s bio

Masahiro was born in Itami, Hygog, Japan on November 1, 1988. Tanaka started playing baseball at a very tender age, due to his physical qualities. He completed his high school education at Komazawa University High School in Hokkaido. Selected by the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2006, Tanaka began his professional career as one of Japan’s top pitchers. He was signed for 1 million yen with a 100 million yen bonus and other incentives.

In his rookie year in 2007, Tanaka finished the season winning the Pacific League Rookie of the Year award. The following year, he played for the Japanese national team at the Beijing Olympics, finishing fifth. In the 2009 season, Tanaka achieved an impressive result by winning the Pacific League Monthly Most Valuable Player award for the first time since the start of his career. He made history in 2013 by setting an NPB record by winning 21 straight games and leading the Eagles to their first league title. Also, he received his second Sawamura Award for Outstanding Performance.

New York Yankees Career

Following his stellar performance in 2013’s season, Tanaka was scouted by MLB representatives and through the revised posting system, he was posted for $20 million. Many international teams, including the Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, have faced off against the Japanese right-hand pitcher. Tanaka eventually signed with the New York Yankees, signing a seven-year contract worth $155 million. His contract contains an opt-out after the fourth year as well as a full no-trade clause.

Masahiro Tanaka made his first major league appearance in 2014 against the Toronto Blue Jays, finishing the game in seven innings with eight strikeouts for his first win of the season. In 2016, he finished the season with a 14-4 record, 165 strikeouts and €3.07m, becoming the third-best player in the American League.

The following year, Tanaka became the first Japanese pitcher in MLB history to record a double-digit victory in four seasons. He finished the 2017 season with a 13-12 record, 194 strikeouts and 35 homers. Tanaka also announced that he would stay with the Yankees until the end of his seven-year contract. This means that he will not exercise the fourth-year opt-out stated in his original contract. He finished his freshman season in 2018, striking out 13 in a row, one home run and eight strikeouts.

His salary and net worth

Masahiro Tanaka has been remarkable since the beginning of his career and has accumulated enormous wealth for himself. His seven-year contract with the New York Yankees was worth $155 million and was the biggest contract ever signed for an international free agent. Additionally, the Yankees also paid a $20 million posting fee. However, Tanaka earns an annual salary of $22 million and his net worth is $33 million. Besides baseball, Tanaka also earns other endorsements.

Who is his wife – Mai Satoda?

Being an avid fan of Japanese pop culture, Tanaka has also found her love among the beautiful pop stars in Japan. He is currently married to a pop star and model named Mai Satoda. Mai is a former member as well as a current supervisor of the pop group called Country Musume. While Tanaka is on the court doing what he knows how to do best, Mai, who is on the TV screens, is making headlines with her exceptional dance prowess. She participated in many Japanese TV shows and also released many songs with the group Country Musume.

The couple met in 2010 at the ProfessionalBaseball Star Sports Festival held in Japan. They started dating in November 2010 and after about a year of successful relationship, the perfect couple sealed their love in December 2012. Their wedding ceremony took place in Hawaii. Tanaka’s teammates, as well as their relatives. Mai gave birth to their first child, a son, on February 15, 2016. They currently reside in New York City in the United States.

Height, weight and body measurements

The Japanese baseball prodigy is a handsome guy with an amazing personality. He has a male bodybuilder which contributes to his many successes in the field. Along with a well-built body, Tanaka is also very tall, at a height of 1.91 m (6 ft 2 in). He has impeccable body measurements and weighs 98 kg. Her hair is black and her eyes are brown.

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