Fumihito Haraguchi

Sixteen seasons, one team. Haraguchi signed with the Hanshin Tigers and finished there in 2025, which almost nobody manages anymore. What makes the run worth reading is how slowly it began. He spent years without any real place on the top roster and did not sour and walk away. Then came 2019: cancer, surgery, and a return to the field inside the same season. Bodies and careers do not usually do that. He came back and became the man a manager sends up when the game needs deciding, and the sound of the stadium changed when his name was called. That is a better honor than any statistic. A 182cm catcher from Yorii in Saitama, who took the most punishing position on the field and then faced something harder. His numbers will never explain him.

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Name (English)

Fumihito Haraguchi

Name (Japanese)

原口文仁

Reading

はらぐち ふみひと

Born

March 3, 1992 (age 34)

Origin

Yorii, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

182 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumihito%20Haraguchi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8E%9F%E5%8F%A3%E6%96%87%E4%BB%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11409455

Tags

• Saitama Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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