My Take
Born in the tail end of 1999 in Ono City, Hyogo, Kohei Azuma is the kind of player whose story is still being written, and honestly that's the part I find most interesting. He came up quietly, no flashy backstory on record, just a kid from a small Hyogo city who made it onto a professional roster — and in Japanese baseball, that alone is a serious filter. The "Bs" in his handle points straight to the Orix Buffaloes, a team that has had a genuine resurgence, so he's playing in good company and with real pressure to earn his stripes. He's mid-twenties now, which means the next few years are exactly when guys like him either break out or fade into roster footnotes. I'm not going to pretend I know his numbers cold, but the fact that he's out there competing tells me something. Quiet upbringing, professional grind, still figuring out his ceiling — that's a career worth watching.
Overview
Kōhei Azuma is a Japanese professional baseball player born on December 14, 1999, in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He stands 178 cm tall. His current agency affiliation is private.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kōhei Azuma
- Name (Japanese)
- 東晃平
- Reading
- あずま こうへい
- Born
- December 14, 1999 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit (卯)
- Origin
- Ono, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Xhttps://x.com/Bs_azumak
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%99%83%E5%B9%B3
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.