There are no players as motivated as Yasuaki Yamasaki who are competing for Japan in the ongoing Premier12.
The Yokohama BayStars star closer was part of Samurai Japan in the tournament's inaugural edition in 2015, when the team reluctantly settled for a bronze medal in his first year in pro.
But Yamasaki has tried to channel that frustration into energy to help the team capture the gold medal this time.
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