Shingo Usami (宇佐見 真吾, Usami Shingo; born June 4, 1993) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher and infielder for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[1]
On June 26, 2019, Usami and teammate, pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa were traded to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in exchange for pitchers, Yohei Kagiya and Takahiro Fujioka.[2]
On June 19, 2023, Usami was traded alongside Koki Saito to the Chunichi Dragons in exchange for Yūya Gunji and Takumi Yamamoto.[3]
On November 6, 2022 Usami and Reni Takagi, a member of Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z, announced through their respective social media accounts that they had married. They divorced about a little over a year later, on December 14, 2023.[4]
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