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Born on December 18, 1999, Daiki Hayakawa is from Ebetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan. Daiki Hayakawa is a professional baseball player. The age as of 2026 is 26. Education on record includes Otaru University of Commerce.
My Take
Daiki Hayakawa, born in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, went from Otaru University of Commerce to a job in the welfare section of Kitahiroshima city hall, pitching in both rubber-ball and hardball leagues on the side; passed over in the 2023 draft, he spent 2024 with Kufu Hayate and joined the Hanshin Tigers in 2025. Those lines are more interesting than they look. Otaru University of Commerce is not a baseball factory. It is a regional commerce school, the kind of place where the reasonable plan is a degree and a job interview, not a professional contract. Reaching the pro game from there means a path with no conveyor belt under it, years of work on cold Hokkaido fields with almost nobody watching, fitted around a day job at city hall. Whatever his numbers turn out to be, that arrival is already an unusual achievement. Players who come up through the celebrated high school programs have their stories written for them. Players like this one have to write their own.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daiki Hayakawa
- Name (Japanese)
- 早川太貴
- Reading
- はやかわ だいき
- Born
- December 18, 1999 (age 26)
- Origin
- Ebetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
- Occupation
- professional baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit
2. Background
- University
- Otaru University of Commerce
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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When was Daiki Hayakawa born?
Daiki Hayakawa was born on December 18, 1999 and is 26 years old.
Where is Daiki Hayakawa from?
Daiki Hayakawa is from Ebetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan.
What does Daiki Hayakawa do?
Daiki Hayakawa works as professional baseball player.
Where did Daiki Hayakawa study?
Daiki Hayakawa attended Otaru University of Commerce.
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