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Public records list Kotaro Kiyomiya as a baseball player. Kotaro Kiyomiya was born in Tokyo, Japan on May 25, 1999. The age as of 2026 is 27. The listed height is 184 cm.
My Take
Most athletes begin their professional life at zero. Kotaro Kiyomiya began his somewhere below it, in debt. He was already a household name at Waseda Jitsugyo high school, and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters spent their first pick of the 2017 draft on him. Add a famous father — the rugby coach Katsuyuki Kiyomiya — and every plate appearance arrived pre-loaded with a story other people had written for him. Born 25 May 1999 in Tokyo, a 184 cm left-handed hitter who plays first base, he has spent his entire adult career inside that noise, including the long stretches when the commentary turned genuinely cruel. What I respect is unglamorous: he kept stepping back into the box. Hype is a debt you never agreed to take on, and paying it down slowly, in public, season after season, is far harder than it looks from the stands.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kotaro Kiyomiya
- Name (Japanese)
- 清宮幸太郎
- Reading
- きよみや こうたろう
- Born
- May 25, 1999 (age 27)
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Height
- 184 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
2. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kotarokiyomiya_21/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D%20Kiyomiya
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E5%AE%AE%E5%B9%B8%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44521894
3. About this entry
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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.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kotaro Kiyomiya born?
Kotaro Kiyomiya was born on May 25, 1999 and is 27 years old.
Where is Kotaro Kiyomiya from?
Kotaro Kiyomiya is from Tokyo, Japan.
What does Kotaro Kiyomiya do?
Kotaro Kiyomiya works as baseball player.
How tall is Kotaro Kiyomiya?
Kotaro Kiyomiya is 184 cm tall.
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