Hiroki Fukunaga

I'll be honest, I had to dig to even find a thread to pull on here, and that's kind of the charm. A kid out of Higashiomi in Shiga, that quiet stretch of country near Lake Biwa, who somehow clawed his way into pro baseball, born in '96 under a Virgo sun. The profile guards almost everything, height, blood type, the works, and weirdly I respect that. It tells me he's the type who'd rather let the work on the field do the talking than feed you a slick highlight reel. I've always rooted harder for the grinders than the can't-miss prospects, the guys who got there on stubborn, unglamorous reps instead of hype. So I don't have a stat line to gush over, but I'm quietly in his corner, watching to see how far that Shiga grit carries him.

Hiroki Fukunaga is a Japanese professional baseball player born on September 16, 1996, in Yokaichi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is a Virgo born in the Year of the Rat. Most personal and career details remain private or undisclosed.

Name (English)

Hiroki Fukunaga

Name (Japanese)

福永裕基

Reading

ふくなが ひろき

Born

September 16, 1996 (age 29)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Origin

Yokaichi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E6%B0%B8%E8%A3%95%E5%9F%BA

Tags

• From Shiga Prefecture
• Professional baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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