Atsushi Nakazato

Honestly, a pro baseball pitcher feels like another universe to me, but something about Atsushi Nakazato pulls me in. A Saitama kid out of Asaka, born in 1982, standing a towering 185cm on the mound — I can already picture the quiet menace of that frame staring down a batter. I've always been more drawn to pitchers than home-run heroes; there's a stillness in a guy who stakes everything on one ball that I find weirdly moving, and you sense it even through a screen. I don't know all his numbers, but a guy who clawed his way up from Saitama betting his whole life on the next pitch? That alone makes me want to root for him.

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Atsushi Nakazato is a Japanese professional baseball player born on September 12, 1982, in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture. He stands 185 cm tall. Further details regarding his career period, agency, and personal background are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Atsushi Nakazato

Name (Japanese)

中里篤史

Reading

なかざと あつし

Born

September 12, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

185cm

Occupation

Baseball Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E9%87%8C%E7%AF%A4%E5%8F%B2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11367406

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Baseball Player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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