Kanehisa Arime

Growing up in Naha, Okinawa already puts you in a different headspace than the average Japanese ballplayer — there's something about that southern island light and the laid-back toughness that breeds a particular kind of grit. Standing 180cm, he'd have cut a solid figure on the field. The public record on him is thin, which is sometimes how it goes with guys who grind through the professional ranks without the tabloid spotlight — and honestly, I respect that more than the flashy careers. Making it as a professional baseball player in Japan, traveling from a small island to the mainland to compete at that level, takes a kind of determination that doesn't always make the highlight reel but absolutely deserves the acknowledgment.

Kanehisa Arime is a Japanese professional baseball player born on September 27, 1978, in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. He stands 180 cm tall. His zodiac sign is Libra and his Chinese zodiac year is the Horse. Further personal and career details are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Kanehisa Arime

Name (Japanese)

有銘兼久

Reading

ありめ かねひさ

Born

September 27, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

Origin

Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Height

180cm

Occupation

Baseball player

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%89%E9%8A%98%E5%85%BC%E4%B9%85
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q867032

Tags

• From Okinawa Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.