Natsuki Takeuchi

I've got a real soft spot for watching pitchers right at the start of their careers, and Natsuki Takeuchi is exactly that kind of guy for me. Born in 2001, he's barely into his twenties as of 2024, which means we're catching him before the legend is written, all raw arm and possibility. There's something about coming up out of Yahatanishi in Kitakyushu, that old steel-and-iron corner of Fukuoka, that makes me imagine a kid with grit baked in. The numbers already back it up, 10–6 with a 2.17 ERA and the Pacific League Rookie of the Year award in 2024, and I love the vibe: a young lefty with room to grow and a whole hometown wind at his back. I'm just quietly rooting for him to make us all sit up over the next decade.

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Natsuki Takeuchi is a Japanese professional baseball player born on July 21, 2001, in Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. A left-handed pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions, he went 10–6 with a 2.17 ERA in 21 starts as a rookie in 2024 and was named the Pacific League Rookie of the Year.

Name (English)

Natsuki Takeuchi

Name (Japanese)

武内夏暉

Reading

たけうち なつき

Born

July 21, 2001 (age 25)

Origin

Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional Baseball Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

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• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123415149

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Professional Baseball Player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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