Kōji Chikamoto

Kōji Chikamoto plays the position nobody writes songs about. Born in 1994 on Awaji Island in Hyōgo and educated at Kwansei Gakuin University, he is an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers, and his job is essentially to be reliable in ways that do not photograph well. Get on base. Cover ground. Wear down the pitcher before the middle of the order arrives. If you follow baseball closely you know this is exhausting, unglamorous labor, and that the people who do it well are often the ones holding a lineup together. What makes it harder is where he does it. Hanshin fans are the most demanding in Japan, closer to European football supporters than to a typical baseball crowd, and a slump in Osaka is a public event. Holding down a place at the top of that lineup for years is a psychological achievement as much as a physical one. I respect the durability more than any single highlight.

Name (English)

Kōji Chikamoto

Name (Japanese)

近本光司

Reading

ちかもと こうじ

Born

November 9, 1994 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Origin

Awaji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

professional baseball player

University

Kwansei Gakuin University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji%20Chikamoto
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E6%9C%AC%E5%85%89%E5%8F%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58420244

Tags

• Hyōgo Prefecture
• professional baseball player

Last updated

2026-08-07

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