Yu Darvish's Wife :Girlfriend Bio

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Who is Yu Darvish?

Farid Yu Darvishsefat was born on August 16, 1986, in Osaka, Japan. He is a Japanese professional baseball starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. His height is 1.96m and his weight is 225 lb. Darvish has played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He became the first pitcher to start a Japan Series game under the age of 21, and the fifth pitcher in NPB history to win a Japan Series game at that age with his win in Game 5 of the series. He also won the Asia Series Most Valuable Player award.

Darvish’s father, Farsad Darvishsefat, is Iranian. His mother, Ikuyo, is Japanese. According to Japanese law, before turning 22 citizens must choose a singular. So Darvish chose Japanese, so he could play for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. His grandfather was the owner of a travel agency in Iran. His parents met at Eckerd College, a liberal arts school where Farsad played soccer. After moving back to Japan, Farsad highly encouraged his son to play soccer. Darvish preferred baseball, which he started to play competitively from his second grade.

Regarding his education, Darvish attended Tohoku High School in Northern Sendai, a baseball powerhouse that produced players such as former Seattle Mariners and Yokohama BayStars closer Kazuhiro Sasaki and former BayStars and Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Takashi Saito.

In August 2007, Darvish acknowledged a relationship with his girlfriend, Saeko who is a Japanese model and actress. Later, he announced that Saeko was pregnant with their son. They got married on 11 November 2007 which was held in Hawaii. Darvish and his wife had a baby boy in March 2008. Their second child, a boy, was born in February 2010. Darvish's divorce from his wife Saeko was finalized on the same day in January 2012 that he officially signed with the Rangers. After a few years later, again Darvish begins dating another girl named, Seiko Yamamato.

When Yu Darvish moved to America, he was involved in a relationship with his girlfriend named, Seiko Yamamato. The couple started dating in 2017 and got married after that. They have been together for around 4 years, and 5 days. Darvish‘s present wife is pregnant with their first child.

Yu Darvish’s present wife, Seiko Yamamoto is the international wrestler and four times world champion Seiko Yamamato. She was born on August 22, 1980, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is 40 years old and her birth sign is Leo. Seiko Yamamoto is best known for being a Wrestler. She was born in the Year of the Monkey.

Yu Darvish has two sons from his previous relationship. Furthermore, he is again going to be a father to his present wife, Seiko Yamamoto. Seiko is currently pregnant with their first child.

Darvish has caused controversy in his neighborhood with requests to construct a six-foot-high fence around the property to acquire adjacent land owned by the City of Evanston. The six-foot fence would obstruct the lake views of neighbors. Darvish built a 6-foot solid wood fence, so Darvish's neighbors filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on March 29, 2019, appealing a judge to rule that the Darvish’s fence obstructed their view of Lake Michigan, resulting in violating an easement and a verbal agreement.

The net worth of Yu Darvish is $23 million in a season for the next four years. This will greatly increase his net worth into the upper eight-figures.