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Daisuke Sobue was born on August 11, 1987 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Public records list Daisuke Sobue as a baseball player. That works out to 39 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Nagoya City Tomida Junior High School and Aichi University. The listed height is 175 cm.
My Take
Born in Nagoya in 1987, schooled in Aichi through high school and university, he pitched for Toyota Motor and then for the Chunichi Dragons from 2014 until he retired in 2025. But the outline still tells a story. He never left home; he grew up in Aichi and ended up on the mound for Aichi's team, which rarely lines up so neatly. He also pitched in relief, one of the least fair jobs in sport. Hold the lead and nobody remembers you; give it up and you are tomorrow's headline. A quiet career is not a small one. Often it just means the work never generated stories.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daisuke Sobue
- Name (Japanese)
- 祖父江大輔
- Reading
- そぶえ だいすけ
- Born
- August 11, 1987 (age 39)
- Origin
- Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 175 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
2. Background
- High school
- Nagoya City Tomida Junior High School
- University
- Aichi University
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sobue/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke%20Sobue
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%96%E7%88%B6%E6%B1%9F%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17160438
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. 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 Daisuke Sobue born?
Daisuke Sobue was born on August 11, 1987 and is 39 years old.
Where is Daisuke Sobue from?
Daisuke Sobue is from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
What does Daisuke Sobue do?
Daisuke Sobue works as baseball player.
How tall is Daisuke Sobue?
Daisuke Sobue is 175 cm tall.
Where did Daisuke Sobue study?
Daisuke Sobue attended Aichi University.
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