Hiroki Fukunaga

Hiroki Fukunaga took the long way: Tenri High School, Senshu University, the Nippon Shinyaku company team, and only then the Chunichi Dragons as a seventh-round pick in 2022. That 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. I'm quietly in his corner, watching to see how far that Shiga grit carries him.

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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. He went from Tenri High School through Senshu University and the Nippon Shinyaku company team to the Chunichi Dragons in the seventh round of the 2022 draft, and made his first-team debut in 2023.

Name (English)

Hiroki Fukunaga

Name (Japanese)

福永裕基

Reading

ふくなが ひろき

Born

September 16, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Yokaichi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E6%B0%B8%E8%A3%95%E5%9F%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115530157

Tags

• From Shiga Prefecture
• Professional baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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