Hiromasa Arai

At 174 centimeters, Hiromasa Arai was never going to overpower anybody, and that is exactly why I find him interesting. Born in Osaka in 1952 and educated at Hosei University, he built a long career in Japanese professional baseball as an outfielder who lived on contact and patience rather than raw power. A batting title and more than two thousand career hits are not the work of a natural giant; they are the work of a man who solved the same problem thousands of times. He later stayed in the game teaching hitting, which feels exactly right. Some players leave highlights. Arai left a method.

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Name (English)

Hiromasa Arai

Name (Japanese)

新井宏昌

Reading

あらい ひろまさ

Born

April 26, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Higashinari-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

174 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

University

Hosei University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromasa%20Arai
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%95%E5%AE%8F%E6%98%8C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11081045

Tags

• Osaka Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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