Kazuya Maruyama

Kazuya Maruyama grew up in Kurabuchi, a small mountain village tucked into the hills of Gunma, which honestly tells you something about him before you even look at his stats. I don't have the full career stat sheet memorized, but the players who come from places like Kurabuchi usually make their name not through flashy five-tool hype but through grinding, staying on the roster, making themselves impossible to cut. He's still young enough that the best years are almost certainly ahead of him, and I find myself genuinely rooting for the kid from the hills.

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Kazuya Maruyama is a Japanese professional baseball player born on July 18, 1999, in Kurabuchi Village, Gunma Prefecture. An outfielder, he was drafted in the second round by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2021 and made his first-team debut in March 2022.

Name (English)

Kazuya Maruyama

Name (Japanese)

丸山和郁

Reading

まるやま かずや

Born

July 18, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

Kurabuchi Village, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional Baseball Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B8%E5%B1%B1%E5%92%8C%E9%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110403145

Tags

• From Gunma Prefecture
• Professional Baseball Player
• Baseball Player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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