Hiroki Uemoto

I'll be honest, I have a soft spot for guys like Hiroki Uemoto. At 173cm he's not towering over anybody on a baseball diamond, and that's exactly why I find him interesting: in a sport that drools over size and raw power, surviving as a pro usually means you've got the brain, the discipline, and the stubbornness to outwork the bigger names. Coming out of laid-back Fukuyama in Hiroshima and grinding his way to Waseda before chasing the game tells me there's a quiet fire under the calm exterior. A 1986 Cancer with no splashy tabloid noise, just the smell of a craftsman who shows up and does the reps. I root for the unflashy ones who pour everything into a single swing, and he feels like one of those.

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Hiroki Uemoto is a Japanese professional baseball player born on July 4, 1986, in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. He attended Waseda University before pursuing a career in baseball. Standing 173 cm tall, he is known as a technically skilled player who competed at the professional level in Japan.

Name (English)

Hiroki Uemoto

Name (Japanese)

上本博紀

Reading

うえもと ひろき

Born

July 4, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

173 cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

University

Waseda University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E6%9C%AC%E5%8D%9A%E7%B4%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5770345

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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