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Place of Birth: Kushiro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
About Yutaka Fukufuji
- Yutaka Fukufuji (?? ?, Fukufuji Yutaka, born September 17, 1982) is a Japanese ice hockey player currently with the Nikko Ice Bucks of the Asia League Ice Hockey.
- Fukufuji was the first Japanese player to appear in a National Hockey League game.
- The first Japanese draft pick, Hiroyuki Miura, was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1992 NHL Draft, but never played in an NHL game.
- Fukufuji is the first Japanese citizen to be drafted as a goaltender in the NHL and second Japanese national to be drafted.
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