Hiroki Kondo

Honestly, the first thing that grabbed me about Hiroki Kondo is the height — 186 centimeters is legitimately imposing, and for a baseball player that kind of frame just commands the field in a way you can't manufacture. He's a Hiroshima kid, born and raised in the city most synonymous with the Carp, so you have to figure baseball was basically in the air he breathed growing up. What I find quietly compelling is the path he took: Okayama Soka University isn't a flashy school, which tells me this guy earned his spot through grind rather than pedigree. I don't know all the chapters of his story yet, but something about the understated Hiroshima-raised, university-grind background makes me want to root for him.

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Hiroki Kondo is a Japanese professional baseball player born on June 27, 1995, in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Standing 186 cm tall, he attended Okayama Sho College of Commerce before entering the professional baseball world. Most personal details, including his agency and active period, remain private or unknown.

Name (English)

Hiroki Kondo

Name (Japanese)

近藤弘樹

Reading

こんどう ひろき

Born

June 27, 1995 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

186cm

Occupation

Baseball player

University

Okayama Sho College of Commerce

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E8%97%A4%E5%BC%98%E6%A8%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55177873

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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