Ryūhei Obata (小幡 竜平, Obata, Ryūhei, born September 21, 2000 in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers.
In his 2nd year, he batted clean up during the prefectural and Kyushu regional tournaments, and recorded 17 hits and 9 RBIs in 9 games.
[3] In his senior year, he got to participate in the 2018 Spring Koshien but lost in the 1st round.
[1] He was chosen as the Hanshin Tigers' 2nd round pick in the 2018 annual professional baseball draft.
[5] 2019 He spent the entire season playing in Western League games (minors) as a shortstop, and recorded a 0.225 batting average in 99 games, 9 stolen bases and 14 RBIs including 1 home run.