Noboru Aota

I'll be honest, when I land on a name like Noboru Aota I feel like I've cracked open a yellowed old yearbook, and I love it. Born back in 1924 in Miki, Hyogo, this is a man who played baseball through one of Japan's roughest, most threadbare stretches, when the game was scrappier and the gear was nothing like today's. I can't help but picture a sturdy, unfussy ballplayer chasing fly balls on a sun-baked dirt field, and at 170cm in that era he'd have cut a solid, no-nonsense figure. There's something I genuinely respect about the guys who kept the game alive in lean years so the polished pro leagues we know could exist at all. He passed in 1997, but honestly, fellas like Aota are the quiet bedrock of the whole thing, and I tip my cap to him.

Noboru Aota was a Japanese professional baseball player born on November 22, 1924, in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture. Standing 170 cm tall, he was active during an era that spanned the prewar and postwar periods of Japanese baseball history. He passed away on November 4, 1997, leaving behind a career that contributed to the foundations of modern Japanese professional baseball.

Name (English)

Noboru Aota

Name (Japanese)

青田昇

Reading

あおた のぼる

Born

November 22, 1924 – November 4, 1997

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat (ne)

Origin

Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Height

170cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E7%94%B0%E6%98%87

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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