Hisashi Takeda

Here's a guy who never had the luxury of relying on raw size — 170 cm in a world of big arms — so he had to figure out baseball the hard way, and honestly that makes him more interesting to me, not less. Hisashi Takeda out of Tokushima, Komazawa University, built a career by outsmarting hitters rather than blowing them away, and that kind of pitcher tends to age well in the brain even when the arm starts to fade. What really gets me is the second act: he didn't just hang up the cleats and disappear, he moved into coaching, which tells you something about the man. Guys who struggled for every inch they got usually make the best teachers because they actually know what it feels like to earn it. I'd love to know more about what he's building in that dugout now.

Hisashi Takeda is a Japanese professional baseball player and coach born on October 14, 1978, in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. He attended Seiko Gakuen Junior and Senior High School before going on to study at Komazawa University. Standing at 170 cm, Takeda built a career as both a player and, in a later phase, a baseball instructor passing on his experience to the next generation.

Name (English)

Hisashi Takeda

Name (Japanese)

武田久

Reading

たけだ ひさし

Born

October 14, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

Origin

Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Height

170cm

Occupation

Baseball Player / Baseball Coach

High school

Seiko Gakuen Junior and Senior High School

University

Komazawa University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E7%94%B0%E4%B9%85
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366308

Tags

• From Tokushima Prefecture
• Baseball Player
• Baseball Coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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