Shugo Maki

is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career

Before turning pro He started playing baseball in the first grade at Nakano Municipal Nakano Elementary School when his older brother joined the King Animals, a baseball team for third grade and above, and started batting fourth in the fall of his second grade year. Since his parents were both working, he spent his days practicing baseball with his grandfather, who had a net set up in the yard where he practiced hitting every day.

At Matsumoto Daiichi High School, he was a center fielder from the spring of his freshman year and won the prefectural tournament in the spring of his junior year, but lost the first game of both the summer of his sophomore and junior years. In high school, two grades above him was Daiki Momose.

In the professional baseball draft held on 26 October 2020, he was selected in the second round by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He tentatively signed a contract for 77 million yen and an annual salary of 13 million yen (amount is estimated). His number is 2.

On 22 December 2020, he was awarded the Nakano City Honor Award.

Personal life His family runs a beauty salon in Nakano.

When he hits a home run, he performs "Destasha," a performance that mimics the pose of YouTuber duo SAWAYAN.

Off 2022, he announced his marriage to a female classmate whom he had been dating since college.