Kōhei Shibata

Kohei Shibata is the kind of baseball player who makes you feel like the sport still has room for quiet guys who just grind — born in Kitakyushu, which is already a personality statement in itself, a city built on steel and port grit rather than glamour. He came up through Nippon Professional Baseball as an outfielder, not a household name by any stretch, but that almost feels like the point. I don't know his full career numbers by heart, but I know the type: the guy who shows up every spring, earns his roster spot, and doesn't need a highlight reel to justify his existence. Kitakyushu raised him, and that alone tells me something real is in there.

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Kōhei Shibata is a Japanese baseball player born on July 17, 1986, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. He stands 177 cm tall. Detailed career and personal information is not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Kōhei Shibata

Name (Japanese)

柴田講平

Reading

しばた こうへい

Born

July 17, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

Origin

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

177cm

Occupation

Baseball player

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B4%E7%94%B0%E8%AC%9B%E5%B9%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11534920

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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