My Take
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.
Overview
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.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%AB%B9%E5%AF%9B
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.