Kosei Shoji

Honestly, the first thing that grabs me about Kosei Shoji is the frame — 189cm of right-handed pitcher coiling up on the mound, and you just know that long-limbed leverage makes the ball jump on hitters. I love that he's a Niigata kid, Meikun to Rikkyo University, the unflashy snow-country path where you grind through cold winters and let the work pile up quietly. Born in 2000, he still feels like a guy whose ceiling hasn't been touched yet, and that's the fun part for me. He reads as the heads-down, keep-throwing type rather than a showman, and those are exactly the arms that sneak up and do something big a few seasons in. I can't help rooting for him — there's something steady and stubborn there that I find easy to like.

Kosei Shoji is a Japanese professional baseball player born on October 13, 2000, in Nishi Ward, Niigata Prefecture. Standing 189 cm tall, he attended Niigata Meikun Junior High School and Senior High School before going on to Rikkyo University. He is recognized as one of the prominent young baseball players to emerge from Niigata.

Name (English)

Kosei Shoji

Name (Japanese)

荘司康誠

Reading

しょうじ こうせい

Born

October 13, 2000 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon (辰)

Origin

Nishi Ward, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Height

189cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Junior high

Niigata Meikun Junior High School

High school

Niigata Meikun Senior High School

University

Rikkyo University

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mokekesk/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%98%E5%8F%B8%E5%BA%B7%E8%AA%A0

Tags

• From Niigata Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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