Kazutomo Iguchi

I've got a real soft spot for guys like Kazutomo Iguchi. A Yokohama kid who climbed from Buso High up through Tokyo University of Agriculture and into pro baseball as a pitcher, no neon-lit elite express lane, just steady, unglamorous grind, and honestly that's the kind of story that gets me nodding to myself. At 175cm he's not some towering flamethrower built to dominate highlight reels, which somehow makes me root for him harder; he reads as the quiet workhorse who'd rather log the innings than chase the spotlight. A neighborhood baseball boy still chasing the white ball in uniform as a grown man, that alone warms me up.

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Kazutomo Iguchi is a Japanese baseball player born on January 7, 1994, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He attended Buso High School before going on to study at Tokyo University of Agriculture. Standing 175 cm tall, he competes as a pitcher in professional baseball.

Name (English)

Kazutomo Iguchi

Name (Japanese)

井口和朋

Reading

いぐち かずとも

Born

January 7, 1994 (age 32)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

175cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

High school

Buso High School

University

Tokyo University of Agriculture

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/iguchi.kazutomo/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E5%8F%A3%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22117842

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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