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Motohiro Shima was born on December 13, 1984 in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan and is credited as a baseball player. That puts Motohiro Shima at 41 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Kokugakuin University. The listed height is 179 cm.
My Take
Motohiro Shima is a player whose value never fit neatly into a box score. Born 13 December 1984 in Kaizu, Gifu, listed at 179 cm, he came through Kokugakuin University and caught in Nippon Professional Baseball from 2007 to 2022 — the bulk of it with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, then the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Fifteen seasons behind the plate. Catchers accumulate a strange kind of resume: the numbers that matter most are the ones credited to somebody else, the pitchers they steadied inning after inning. So it reads as entirely natural that he's now coaching with the Chunichi Dragons. A catcher has effectively been doing a coach's job the whole time — reading the game a pitch ahead, managing other people's confidence in real time, wearing the loss when a plan doesn't work. Changing into a coach's uniform is less a career pivot than a change of seat. Teams are lucky when that kind of mind stays in the dugout.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Motohiro Shima
- Name (Japanese)
- 嶋基宏
- Reading
- しま もとひろ
- Born
- December 13, 1984 (age 41)
- Origin
- Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 179 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat
2. Background
- University
- Kokugakuin University
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motohiro%20Shima
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B6%8B%E5%9F%BA%E5%AE%8F
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11254485
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
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 Motohiro Shima born?
Motohiro Shima was born on December 13, 1984 and is 41 years old.
Where is Motohiro Shima from?
Motohiro Shima is from Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
What does Motohiro Shima do?
Motohiro Shima works as baseball player.
How tall is Motohiro Shima?
Motohiro Shima is 179 cm tall.
Where did Motohiro Shima study?
Motohiro Shima attended Kokugakuin University.
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