Katsuki Azuma

At 170 cm, Katsuki Azuma is small for a professional pitcher, and in Japanese baseball that means being doubted before you even throw. He has held his place with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars anyway. Born in Yokkaichi, Mie, and schooled at Aichi Institute of Technology Meiden, he reached the NPB All-Star game in 2018. That same autumn he was named to the Japan squad for the MLB Japan All-Star Series and then withdrew. Choosing a longer career over a short honour is the unglamorous, grown-up call, and I respect it.

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Name (English)

Katsuki Azuma

Name (Japanese)

東克樹

Reading

あずま かつき

Born

November 29, 1995 (age 30)

Origin

Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Height

170 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Boar

High school

Aichi Institute of Technology Meiden High School

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuki%20Azuma
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E5%85%8B%E6%A8%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48761258

Tags

• Mie Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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