Hiroto Kobukata

I've always had a soft spot for pro baseball guys, the ones who grind it out with their bodies and make a living off sweat and repetition, and Hiroto Kobukata feels like exactly that kind of player to me. At 168cm he's on the smaller side for the sport, but honestly that's the part I love. The big guys can stand around looking the part, but a smaller player has to be quicker, scrappier, smarter, the type diving headfirst into first base when nobody asked him to. A first-round pick who went on to share the 2023 Pacific League stolen-base crown, he proves the point, and players who win you over with grit instead of flash are the ones I find myself quietly rooting for. Keep chasing that white ball, man.

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Hiroto Kobukata (born September 28, 1995) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He stands 168 cm tall and was born under the Libra zodiac sign in the year of the Boar. From Sayō, Hyōgo Prefecture, he plays infield for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, who took him in the first round of the 2019 draft, and he shared the 2023 Pacific League stolen-base title with 36 steals.

Name (English)

Hiroto Kobukata

Name (Japanese)

小深田大翔

Reading

こぶかた ひろと

Born

September 28, 1995 (age 31)

Origin

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Height

168cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%B7%B1%E7%94%B0%E5%A4%A7%E7%BF%94
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79843683

Tags

• Baseball player

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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