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My Take
I've got a real soft spot for guys like Hiyu Motoyama, who came up out of Higashiosaka, that gritty manufacturing town in Osaka where things get built by hand, and then grinded his way into pro baseball. The path he took kind of says it all to me: Saku Chosei High School and then Tohoku Fukushi University are both serious baseball pipelines, the sort of programs where you don't coast, you just put in the reps day after day. So I picture him less as the loud, flashy Osaka stereotype and more as the quiet craftsman type, the player who lets the results do the talking and saves his energy for the field. Born in 1998, still young, still writing his story. I'm rooting for him to keep digging in and grinding it out.
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Overview
Hiyu Motoyama is a Japanese professional baseball player born on December 4, 1998, in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. He attended Saku Chosei High School and went on to Tohoku Fukushi University, both well-regarded institutions in Japanese baseball development. Further details regarding his career activity period and agency affiliation have not been made public.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hiyu Motoyama
- Name (Japanese)
- 元山飛優
- Reading
- もとやま ひゆう
- Born
- December 4, 1998 (age 27)
- Origin
- Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Baseball Player / Professional Baseball Player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
2. Background
- High school
- Saku Chosei High School
- University
- Tohoku Fukushi University
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/freddiehiyuman/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%B1%B1%E9%A3%9B%E5%84%AA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105258368
4. About this entry
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Frequently asked questions
When was Hiyu Motoyama born?
Born December 4, 1998 (age 27).
Where is Hiyu Motoyama from?
Hiyu Motoyama is from Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Hiyu Motoyama do?
Hiyu Motoyama works as Baseball Player, Professional Baseball Player.
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