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My Take
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. The man keeps almost zero public profile — no splashy social media, no agency drama, just a Cancer born in the year of the Tiger, which if you buy into that stuff means someone who's guarded on the outside and burning on the inside. 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.
Overview
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.
1. Profile
- 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 (寅)
- Origin
- Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 177cm
- Occupation
- Baseball player
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B4%E7%94%B0%E8%AC%9B%E5%B9%B3
Frequently asked questions
When was Kōhei Shibata born?
Born July 17, 1986 (age 40).
Where is Kōhei Shibata from?
Kōhei Shibata is from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Kōhei Shibata do?
Kōhei Shibata works as Baseball player.
How tall is Kōhei Shibata?
Kōhei Shibata is 177cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.