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My Take
Okay, this guy genuinely made me do a double take. A former pro baseball player who decided that swinging a bat for a living wasn't enough and went and stepped into a mixed martial arts cage? That's not a career pivot, that's a whole new nervous system. I love how stubbornly physical it is, both paths punish your body in completely different ways, and he just signed up for both. At 182 centimeters and built like that, sure, he looks the part anywhere, but looking the part and actually trading punches are two very different things. There's something I deeply respect about somebody who refuses to be a one-sport guy and instead goes all-in on a totally foreign discipline. He's not a jack of all trades coasting on athleticism; he's the type who decides on a thing and grinds it down to the bone. Quietly fascinating man.
Overview
Katsuaki Furuki is a Japanese athlete born on November 10, 1980, in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture. He is known for pursuing careers in two distinct sports: professional baseball and mixed martial arts. He stands 182 cm tall and attended Toyota Otani High School. Details about his agency and active period are not publicly available.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Katsuaki Furuki
- Name (Japanese)
- 古木克明
- Reading
- ふるき かつあき
- Born
- November 10, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey (申)
- Origin
- Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball player / Mixed martial artist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Toyota Otani High School
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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.