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left são paulo , brazil tokyo yakult swallows first baseman/outfielder 18 december 1980 31 20111015 swallows , at yokohama stadium.jpg yuuichi matsumoto , outfielder of the tokyo yakult yuichi matsumoto
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yuichi matsumoto

he was born in são paulo , brazil in 1980 .
he joined the yakult swallows in 1999 , and acquired japanese nationality in 2004 .
he represented brazil at the 2002 intercontinental cup and 2013 world baseball classic .
