Nobumasa Fukuda

I'll be honest — Nobumasa Fukuda is one of those names that hardcore Chunichi Dragons fans know well but the casual baseball crowd tends to overlook, and I think that gap is kind of fascinating. A left-handed pitcher out of Kanagawa, born in the summer of 1988, he spent years grinding through the Dragons roster in an era when the team was cycling through a lot of arms and the results were mixed at best. At 181cm he had the frame for it, and there was clearly enough there to keep him in professional baseball, but he never quite broke into that household-name tier. That's not a knock — the NPB is brutally competitive and just sticking around takes real ability. He's the kind of player who makes you appreciate how much work goes into a career that never makes the highlight reel, and honestly that story deserves more respect than it gets.

Nobumasa Fukuda is a Japanese baseball player born on July 23, 1988, in Aoba Ward, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He stands 181 cm tall. Further details regarding his career history, agency affiliation, and personal life are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Nobumasa Fukuda

Name (Japanese)

福田永将

Reading

ふくだ のぶまさ

Born

July 23, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

Origin

Aoba Ward, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

181cm

Occupation

Baseball Player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E7%94%B0%E6%B0%B8%E5%B0%86

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Baseball Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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