| Ayatsugu Yamashita | |
| Position: | Catcher |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Debutdate: | May 6 |
| Debutyear: | 2013 |
| Debutteam: | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| Statyear: | 2020 season |
| Statleague: | NPB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .199 |
| Stat2label: | Hits |
| Stat2value: | 42 |
| Stat3label: | Home runs |
| Stat3value: | 5 |
| Stat4label: | RBIs |
| Stat4value: | 15 |
| Stat5label: | Stolen bases |
| Stat5value: | 0 |
| Teams: | |
is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chunichi Dragons.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks selected Yamashita with the first selection in the 2010 NPB draft.[1]
On May 6, 2013, Yamashita made his NPB debut.
On November 14, 2017, Hawks traded Yamashita to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for Tetsuro Nishida.[2]
On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.[3]
On December 12, 2020, Yamashita signed with Chunichi Dragons of NPB.[4] December 18, 2020, Yamashita held press conference.[5]