Yu Darvish

Farid Yu Darvishsefat is a Japanese Pitcher for the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball (MLB). The 5 time MLB All-Star player has proved to be one of the most effective pitchers in the game. The veteran has also played in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan and has also been a 5 time NPB All-Star player, while winning multiple accolades during his stint with the league.

Belonging from Habikino, Osaka, Japan, Darvish arrived in the MLB with the Texas Rangers on April 9, 2012. He has since then played for teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and is presently playing for the San Diego Padres. In the 2013 MLB season, he led the AL in strikeouts (277). He also led the NL in Home Runs Hit/Allowed (33) in the 2019 season and in Fielding Independent Pitching (2.23) in the 2020 season.

Currently possessing 1929 strikeouts in 1624.1 innings pitched, Darvish is a reliable member for the Padres. He will hope to lead the Padres to a deep postseason run the 2024 MLB season.

Yu Darvish Personal Information

Yu Darvish’s Early Life

Yu Darvish grew up in Habikino, Osaka, Japan. He started his career in baseball ever since he was in second grade. He enrolled at Tohoku High School and played baseball for the school team. He took his team to the Koshien Tournament for for consecutive times. Furthermore, he also went on to the 85th National High school Baseball Championship but ultimately lost to Joso Gakuin High School. Throughout his high school career, he posted an ERA of 1.10 with 375 strikeouts in 332 and 332 and one third innings.

Darvish gained a lot of attention from several teams during the 2004 MLB draft. Instead he chose to remain in the NPB and joined the Hokkaido Nippon - Ham Fighters. During his stint with the team, he gained numerous achievements and accolades including winning the Japan Series championship in 2006. Furthermore, he also won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 2007. He won the Mitsui Golden Glove Award in 2007 and 2008. He was also the NPB All-Star player for 5 times. Finally, he was also the Pacific League MVP twice in his NPB career in 2007 and 2009. After seven years in Japan, Darvish finally signed with the Texas Rangers in 2012. He debuted in the MLB with the Rangers on April 9, 2012.

Yu Darvish’s Personal Life

Yu Darvish’s nickname is Yu-San. He is Iranian-Japanese in ethnicity. He has appeared in many advertisements including Pocari Sweat, Seiko and Asahi Dry Black Beer. He has been featured on many magazine covers including those of Gainer, GQ and Men’s Non-no.

Darvish is also notable for his charitable contributions. He established the “Yu Darvish Water Fund” in 2007 which develops and maintains pumps, water wells and rainwater storage facilities in developing countries. This fund is maintained by the Japan Water Forun Darvish donates 100,000 yen to the forum everytime he becomes a regular season winner.

Darvish also donated more than half a million dollars to raise the funds for the Japanese Red Cross after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

Darvish married to Seiko Yamamoto, one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers of all time. He also has an ex-wife named Saeko, whom he divorced in 2012. His family consists of his mother Ikuyo Darvish, father Farsad Darvishsefat and brothers Kenta Darvish and Sho Darvish.

Yu Darvish’s Family Background

Yu Darvish’s family background consists of father Farsad Darvishsefat, mother Ikuyo Darvish and brothers Kenta Darvish and Sho Darvish.

Farsad Darvishsefat is the father of Yu Darvish. He is originally from Iran. He was a collegiate motocross racer. He also played collegiate soccer at Eckerd College. He also played at Eastern Washington University and once he moved to Japan, he had to adjust to the Japanese culture. He initially wanted his eldest son Yu Darvish to become a soccer player like himself, but he instead chose baseball. Despite choosing a different sport, he highly encourages his son to follow his own dreams.

Ikuyo Darvish is the mother of Yu Darvish. She is form Japan. However, she chose not to remain in the limelight despite her son’s popularity. She loves traveling and photography and quite often visits her son in the USA to cheer for him during his games.

Sho Darvish is the second brother of Yu Darvish. He is a YouTuber and has a huge fan following. His videos are quite hilarious and most of them feature him and his friends pranking each other.

Kenta Darvish is the youngest brother of Yu Darvish. He suffers from testicular cancer and frequently posts about his updates on social media.

Yu Darvish’s parents have different nationalities. His father is Iranian and his mother is Iranian.

Yu Darvish’s Wife

Yu Darvish is married to Seiko Yamamoto. She is a Japanese wrestler and submission grappler. She is a four time world wrestling champion and has won gold medal at every tournament that she has been. She is the daughter of a former Japanese wrestler and has followed in the footsteps of his father. However, she could not gain a gold medal in the Olympics. She retired from wrestling in 2007. Since then, she has been serving as a coach for the United States women’s freestyle wrestling team. One of her trainees, Helen Maroulis won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She tied the knot with Yu Darvish in 2016.

Yu Darvish was also married to his ex-wife Saeko from 2007-2012. She is an actress, a television personality and model from Japan, who has appeared in shows like Sugar & Spice, Nana, Nodame Cantabile and Doragon-zakura. Besides her acting and modeling career, she also is the owner of a restaurant and cafe called Nasu Farm Village where customers can enjoy their foods and ride horses. Yu Darvish and Saeko divorced in 2012 before he relocated to the United States for his MLB career.

Yu Darvish Kids

Yu Darvish shares seven children between his wife and former wife. His oldest child is a son named Shoei Darvishsefat, whom he shares with former wife Saeko. He was born on March 24, 2008 and is presently 15 years old as of 2023. He is presently pursuing his own baseball career. He also loves video games and Pokemon cards. Their second son was born on February 27, 2010. While his name has been withheld, he is 13 years old now.

Yu Darvish’s third child and his first son with Seiko Yamamoto was born on July 29, 2015 before they married. He is 8 years old as of 2023. After their marriage, he welcomed his fourth child, another son March 20, 2017. He is 6 years old as of 2023. Their third child and fifth, a daughter was born on November 12, 2019 and is presently 3 years old as of 2023. His sixth and their fourth child was again a boy but his date of birth is not available in the public domain. His seventh child, a boy was born on August 24, 2022 and is 1 year old as of 2023. However, Yu Darvish and his former and present wives are very private about revealing information regarding their children online.

Yu Darvish’s Social Media

Yu Darvish is active on social media. He is available on Instagram as @darvishsefat11 and has 562 posts and 1M followers in it. He uses this account to keep his followers updated about happenings in his baseball career.

Darvish is also active on X as @faridyu with 2.9M followers on his account. He uses this account to tweet news about his baseball career to his followers on X.

Yu Darvish’s Net Worth

Yu Darvish is a veteran in the MLB. He has been league for 11 years now. As per online sources, throughout this time, he has managed to acquire a net worth of approximately $22.7 million as of 2023. This huge net worth comes mainly from his skills as a good pitcher for the teams he’s played for. Darvish’s net worth will be on the rise throughout the upcoming years as he carries on with a professional baseball career in the MLB.

Yu Darvish Brand Ambassador

Yu Darvish is serving as the brand ambassador for Pocari Sweat, a Japanese sports drink made by Otsuka Pharmaceutical. Additionally, he also has endorsement deals present with Asics, a sportswear company from Japan, Naboso, a health and fitness company, CleanFuego, baseball training device company and Hob Tab Sparkling, a Japanese company producing bathing taubs. However, his earnings these brand ambassador and endorsement deals is not available in the public domain.

Yu Darvish’s Investments

As per many online sources, Yu Darvish has made investments in real estate sectors. He has invested in luxury building properties in the United States and Japan. Furthermore, he has also invested into business startups. Further information about his investments are not available in the public domain as of now.

Yu Darvish’s Career Stats

Yu Darvish has been present in the MLB for 11 years now. He has played for teams like the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres. As a pitcher, he had gained impressive stats so far and has impressed the fans of the team that he has played for. This is a look at Yu Darvish’s stats in his MLB career so far.

Source:- mlb.com

Yu Darvish’s Achievements

Yu Darvish, being a veteran in the MLB, has already achieved quite a lot. His years of playing for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres have helped him to gasin these achievements on the field. Here is a look at all that Yu Darvish has achieved so far in his baseball career in the MLB, presented in a table format.

In addition to his MLB achievements, he has also achieved various achievements and awards while playing in the NPB

Yu Darvish’s Contract

Yu Darvish is all set to earn a base salary of $15,000,000 with a total salary of $16,000,000 from the 2024 MLB season. He signed a 6 year contract extension worth $108 million with the San Diego Padres on February 9, 2023. Based on this contract, he got a signing bonus of $6,000,000 and he has been guaranteed $108,000,000 with an annual average salary of $18,000,000. His contract has a full no-trade clause with an escalator for 2028. He will also receive $1 million as bonus every time he becomes a Cy Young Award winner. He will kick in his unrestricted free agency in 2029.

Darvish started his MLB journey by signing a contract with the Texas Rangers on January 18, 2012. He was traded by the team to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 31, 2017 in return for Brendon Davis, A.J. Alexy and Willie Calhoun. Next, he signed a 6 year contract worth $126 million with the Chicago Cubs on February 10, 2018. He also exercised a 4 year player option worth $81 million with Chicago Cubs on October 31, 2019. On December 28, 2020, he was traded to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Owen Caissie, Ismael Mena, Reginald Preciado, Zach Davies and Yeison Santana. This led to his most recent contract.

Yu Darvish’s Diet

Yu Darvish loves to eat fried chicken. He also follows the “Ketogenic Diet.” This form of dieting restricts carbohydrates and prevents the consumer from eating high quality oils like MCT. In a ketogenic diet, the ratio of the balance between protein, fat and carbohydrates in the intake of calories is 2:7:1. Following this diet makes him less hungry because this diet produces satiety hormone which helps in reducing hunger. Darvish has admitted that following the ketogenic diet has helped him to reduce body weight.

Nevertheless, Darvish also loves lobster and steak and even treated players of two minor league teams called West Michigan Whitecaps and South Bend Cubs to dinner based on these two foods.

Yu Darvish’s House

Yu Darvish’s previous home was located in Evanston, Illinois. He purchased the house in 2018 for $4.55 million. It is a 5400 sq. foot residence with a view of Lake Michigan. The house is two storeyed and has 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, a kitchen, a formal living room, several dining rooms and a great room. The windows are large to allow natural light to come in easily.

The outside of the house has a two car garage, a boat/jet ski lift, a patio near the lake and manicured gardens. He also constructed a six foot high fence around his house and wanted to get some land owned by the city. Unfortunately, thios caused a controversy as the fence would obstruct the view of Lake Michigan. Darvish and wife were sued by their neighbours regarding this issue. Following this, the couple had posted the house for sale for $5.75 million. Information about their present residence is not available in the public domain.

Yu Darvish’s Cars

There is presently no information available about the cars owned by Yu Darvish in the public domain.