Kan Otake

Kan Otake is exactly the kind of pitcher who never ends up on a cereal box but quietly holds a rotation together for years — the 184 cm Saitama kid who grew into a career starter for the Yomiuri Giants and just kept showing up, season after season, with that big arm and that no-drama mound presence. Born in 1983, Gemini with what I'd guess is a stubbornly competitive streak, he belongs to that era of Japanese starters who did the unglamorous work: eat innings, trust your stuff, don't make it weird. Pitchers like him don't trend on social media after a good outing; they trend when they finally retire and everyone suddenly realizes how many wins quietly had his fingerprints on them. I respect that kind of career more than I probably should.

Kan Otake (born May 21, 1983) is a Japanese professional baseball player from Yashio, Saitama Prefecture. Standing 184 cm tall, he is known as a pitcher. He was born in the Year of the Boar and is a Gemini. Most personal details about his career and private life have not been publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Kan Otake

Name (Japanese)

大竹寛

Reading

おおたけ かん

Born

May 21, 1983 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar (亥)

Origin

Yashio, Saitama, Japan

Height

184 cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%AB%B9%E5%AF%9B

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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