Birth Name:
Yu Darvishsefad
Birth Place:
Osaka, Japan
Date of Birth:
August 16, 1986
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Persian and Japanese
The Japanese professional baseball player was born to an Iranian father named Farzad Darvishsefad and a Japanese mother named Ikuyo. Darvish’s parents met while they were both studying in Florida, USA. The couple settled in Osaka, Japan where Yu was born.
He is a pitcher and stands at 6 feet 5 inches tall or 196cm. Darvish’s father was also an avid sportsman, excelling in soccer and motocross.
Source:
http://yudarvish.blogspot.com/2006/07/who-is-yu-darvish.html
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