Kosuke Fukudome

Kosuke Fukudome is the kind of player I always end up defending in arguments. Born in Osaki, Kagoshima in 1977 and schooled at PL Gakuen, he famously turned down the club that drafted him and waited for the situation he wanted, which tells you plenty about his temperament before he had played a professional game. He became a batting champion with Chunichi, spent 2008 to 2012 in Major League Baseball, most memorably with the Chicago Cubs, then came home and kept playing until 2022. He was never a highlight-reel slugger. He was a patient hitter with a good eye and reliable defence, and careers built on those qualities last the longest.

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Name (English)

Kosuke Fukudome

Name (Japanese)

福留孝介

Reading

ふくどめ こうすけ

Born

April 26, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Osaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

182 cm

Occupation

professional baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

High school

PL Gakuen High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosuke%20Fukudome
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E7%95%99%E5%AD%9D%E4%BB%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329341

Tags

• Kagoshima Prefecture
• professional baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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