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Masumi Hamachi, born on May 25, 1998 in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a baseball player. That puts Masumi Hamachi at 28 years old in 2026. The listed height is 184 cm.
My Take
Masumi Hamachi was born in 1998 in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, and pitched for the Hanshin Tigers through 2024 before joining the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in 2025. He stands 185 cm, which for a pitcher is a head start you cannot coach into somebody. What draws me to players like him is that pitching in NPB is a job with a brutal asymmetry built into it. You do not get to set your own rhythm the way a starter does, you often arrive in the innings where the game is already balanced on a knife edge, and the outings you handle cleanly vanish from the box score while the ones you don't get replayed all week. Nobody writes columns about a scoreless appearance in the seventh. But a kid from Fukuoka who made it to a professional mound and has stayed on one is already living a life almost nobody gets. That's enough of a story for me.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Masumi Hamachi
- Name (Japanese)
- 浜地真澄
- Reading
- はまち すみ
- Born
- May 25, 1998 (age 28)
- Origin
- Nishi-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 184 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
2. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masumi%20Hamachi
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%9C%E5%9C%B0%E7%9C%9F%E6%BE%84
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28687824
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 Masumi Hamachi born?
Masumi Hamachi was born on May 25, 1998 and is 28 years old.
Where is Masumi Hamachi from?
Masumi Hamachi is from Nishi-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Masumi Hamachi do?
Masumi Hamachi works as baseball player.
How tall is Masumi Hamachi?
Masumi Hamachi is 184 cm tall.
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