Naoto Nishiguchi

Honestly, the second I saw Naoto Nishiguchi grew up in Yao, Osaka, I felt this little pang of affection. That's a working-class pocket of Kansai, the kind of place where you picture a kid getting dusty and sweaty on a dirt field, drilling the same swing a thousand times until it sticks. He's a '96 Scorpio standing 183cm, so he's got that quiet, lanky presence that just looks reliable on the mound before he even throws a pitch. I don't know his full résumé, and I'm not going to pretend I do, but baseball is such a grind, all those invisible reps behind one clutch moment. There's nothing better than watching a steady, blue-collar type finally deliver when it counts. So yeah, I'm rooting for the Osaka kid who's out there betting on his own body.

Naoto Nishiguchi is a Japanese professional baseball player born on November 14, 1996, in Yao, Osaka Prefecture. Standing 183 cm tall, he is a Scorpio born in the Year of the Rat. Most details about his career and personal life remain private.

Name (English)

Naoto Nishiguchi

Name (Japanese)

西口直人

Reading

にしぐち なおと

Born

November 14, 1996 (age 29)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat (子)

Origin

Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

183cm

Occupation

Baseball Player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/n.naoto_1114/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%8F%A3%E7%9B%B4%E4%BA%BA

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Baseball Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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