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Hirotoshi Takanashi is a baseball player, born on June 5, 1991 in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Hirotoshi Takanashi is 35 years old as of 2026. Schooling on record includes Toke High School and Yamanashi Gakuin University. The listed height is 187 cm.
My Take
What jumps out first is the number 187 — tall for a Japanese pitcher, and tall enough that it must have shaped everything about how he was coached. Height on the mound is a double-edged gift: it buys you downward angle, but long levers are notoriously hard to keep in sync, and plenty of big pitchers never fully repeat their delivery. Takanashi came up through Toke High School in Chiba and Yamanashi Gakuin University before turning professional, which is a slower, less glamorous route than the high-school-phenom pipeline Japanese baseball loves to celebrate. Drafted in the fourth round by Nippon-Ham in 2013, he won ten games and the Pacific League Rookie of the Year award in 2016, started a Japan Series game that autumn, and later moved to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Those careers are the connective tissue of a pitching staff, and they almost never get written about properly.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hirotoshi Takanashi
- Name (Japanese)
- 高梨裕稔
- Reading
- たかなし ひろとし
- Born
- June 5, 1991 (age 35)
- Origin
- Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 187 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Goat
2. Background
- High school
- Toke High School
- University
- Yamanashi Gakuin University
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nashiiii.14/
- Xhttps://x.com/h_takanashi14
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirotoshi%20Takanashi
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%A2%A8%E8%A3%95%E7%A8%94
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17350093
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Hirotoshi Takanashi born?
Hirotoshi Takanashi was born on June 5, 1991 and is 35 years old.
Where is Hirotoshi Takanashi from?
Hirotoshi Takanashi is from Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
What does Hirotoshi Takanashi do?
Hirotoshi Takanashi works as baseball player.
How tall is Hirotoshi Takanashi?
Hirotoshi Takanashi is 187 cm tall.
Where did Hirotoshi Takanashi study?
Hirotoshi Takanashi attended Yamanashi Gakuin University.
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