Katsuyuki Dobashi

I'll be honest, Katsuyuki Dobashi is the kind of ballplayer I have a soft spot for: a Chiba kid out of Funabashi, born in '68, who came up in that late-Showa, early-Heisei era when pro baseball still felt gritty and earnest. At 179cm he wasn't some towering slugger, and that ordinariness is exactly the charm to me. He reads as the dependable, do-your-job type, the steady hand you want when the flashy stars cool off, not the guy chasing headlines but the one quietly grinding it out on the dirt. I love a player who wins on substance over sparkle, and Dobashi gives off that workmanlike, old-school dignity. There's something honest about a career built on showing up and doing the unglamorous work, and that's the version of him I keep picturing.

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Katsuyuki Dobashi is a Japanese baseball player born on December 5, 1968, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. He attended Chiba Prefectural Inba Meisei High School before pursuing his baseball career. He stands 179 cm tall. Drafted in the second round by Yakult in 1986, he played as an infielder for the Swallows and later coached for the club.

Name (English)

Katsuyuki Dobashi

Name (Japanese)

土橋勝征

Reading

どばし かつゆき

Born

December 5, 1968 (age 57)

Origin

Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

179cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

High school

Chiba Prefectural Inba Meisei High School

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%9F%E6%A9%8B%E5%8B%9D%E5%BE%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11423704

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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