Hideki Nagaoka

I'll be honest with you: I haven't tracked Hideki Nagaoka's career play by play, so I'm not going to pretend I've got a highlight reel memorized. But I love what his story whispers. Born in 2001 over in Funabashi, Chiba, and coming up through Yachiyo Shoin High, he's the kind of young ballplayer who grew up chasing white leather across dusty diamonds long before anyone outside the dugout knew his name. There's something I genuinely root for in a guy like this, who became the club's youngest Golden Glove winner at shortstop and has already won a Central League hits title.

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Hideki Nagaoka is a Japanese baseball player born on September 26, 2001, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. He attended Yachiyo Matsukage High School, a school known for its baseball program. Most details about his professional career and personal life have not been made public.

Name (English)

Hideki Nagaoka

Name (Japanese)

長岡秀樹

Reading

ながおか ひでき

Born

September 26, 2001 (age 25)

Origin

Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

High school

Yachiyo Matsukage High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hideki9548/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E5%B2%A1%E7%A7%80%E6%A8%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97031630

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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