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Born on November 23, 1991 in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Hotaka Yamakawa is a baseball player. Hotaka Yamakawa is 34 years old as of 2026. Education on record includes Chubu Commercial High School and Fuji University. The listed height is 176 cm.
My Take
At 176 cm, Yamakawa is not the towering slugger the archetype calls for, which is exactly why I find him compelling. He has led the Pacific League in home runs four times — 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024 — and the gaps between those seasons are the part that impresses me most. Anyone can have one loud year; climbing back to the top after falling off it is the harder trick, and he has done it twice. He came up through Chubu Commercial High School in Okinawa and Fuji University rather than any glamour route, and when he moved from the Saitama Seibu Lions to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks the power came with him. That travels-well quality tells me the swing was always his, not his ballpark's.
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)
- Hotaka Yamakawa
- Name (Japanese)
- 山川穂高
- Reading
- やまかわ ほたか
- Born
- November 23, 1991 (age 34)
- Origin
- Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 176 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
2. Background
- High school
- Chubu Commercial High School
- University
- Fuji University
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hotamyon3/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotaka%20Yamakawa
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%B7%9D%E7%A9%82%E9%AB%98
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15304363
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. 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 Hotaka Yamakawa born?
Hotaka Yamakawa was born on November 23, 1991 and is 34 years old.
Where is Hotaka Yamakawa from?
Hotaka Yamakawa is from Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
What does Hotaka Yamakawa do?
Hotaka Yamakawa works as baseball player.
How tall is Hotaka Yamakawa?
Hotaka Yamakawa is 176 cm tall.
Where did Hotaka Yamakawa study?
Hotaka Yamakawa attended Fuji University.
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