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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 the hard way, as a developmental draft pick from a small Hyogo city who worked his way onto the Orix Buffaloes' main roster — and in Japanese baseball, that alone is a serious filter. Orix is 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.
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Overview
Kōhei Azuma is a Japanese professional baseball player born on December 14, 1999, in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He stands 178 cm tall. A pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes, he joined as a developmental draft pick in 2017 and made his first-team debut in July 2022.
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)
- Origin
- Ono, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 178cm
- Occupation
- Baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit
2. Links
3. About this entry
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kōhei Azuma born?
Kōhei Azuma was born on December 14, 1999 and is 26 years old.
Where is Kōhei Azuma from?
Kōhei Azuma is from Ono, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
What does Kōhei Azuma do?
Kōhei Azuma works as Baseball player.
How tall is Kōhei Azuma?
Kōhei Azuma is 178 cm tall.
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