Yu Darvish's wife Seiko proud of their son Shoei's major baseball accomplishment

San Diego Padres ace Yu Darvish's wife, Seiko, proudly celebrated a major milestone in their son Shoei’s athletic journey. Shoei is following in his father's footsteps hopefully become a major league star one day. He is a member of the Class of 2026 and is also part of the Padres scout team.

On Monday, Seiko shared that Shoei was honored with multiple awards, including the DONS Varsity Athletic Award and a San Diego City Conference All-Academic Team Certificate. The display also featured varsity letters and a Scholar Athlete patch.

Seiko captioned the post with:

“I’m so proud of you, My babe ❤️.”

In a second story, Seiko shared a scene from what appeared to be a senior celebration party hosted by the school. The Japanese caption read:

“今日は高校で親も含めてのパーティーでした🥰 25人の選手一人一人に対して数分の言葉を贈る監督。金八先生でした🥺”

(Translation: “Today was a party at the high school with the parents included 🥰. The coach gave a few heartfelt words to each of the 25 players. It was like a scene from a Mr. Kinpachi episode [a beloved Japanese teacher character].”

Shoei is one of Yu Darvish's two sons with his first wife, Saeko. Meanwhile, Darvish and his current wife, Seiko, have been together since 2014 and have five children of their own.

Yu Darvish reveals his teachings for his son Shoei

Yu Darvish knows what it takes to become successful in the world's most competitive baseball league. Earlier in April, he was interviewed by Allison Edmonds as he opened up on what kind of advice he gave his son as he competed in a high school baseball game.

Darvish doesn't get into pitching mechanics and all; that's for Shoei's high school coach. What he can do instead is give him advice on how to approach the game.

"As a father, as a dad, you got there a little bit nervous. I would say it’s a little bit different compared to myself going on the mound and pitching," Darvish said.

"We don't necessarily go into the details of mechanics or stuff like that, it's more about how you approach the game. You know, you have to really think about the game going into the game. After the game, you think about what you did. So, those kind of things I want to sort of have him do, so those are the things we talk about," he added.

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Meanwhile, Yu Darvish is dealing with a elbow inflammation and is yet to pitch in MLB in 2025.

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