Ryota Funakoshi

I'll be honest — when I first saw the name Ryota Funakoshi, my brain immediately went "wait, is he related to that famous Japanese actor?" but nope, totally different guy, different world entirely. This Funakoshi is a baseball player out of Nagareyama, Chiba, born in 1993, and he came up through Kashiwa City's Kashiwa High School, which has a solid baseball tradition in the Chiba scene. Nagareyama itself is one of those quiet suburban cities east of Tokyo that quietly produces serious, grounded people, and I get that vibe from whatever little is out there on him. The public record is thin, and I genuinely can't point to a big headline moment, but sometimes the players who keep their heads down and just grind are the ones worth watching. I'm curious to see where his 30s take him.

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Ryota Funakoshi is a Japanese baseball player born on November 26, 1993, in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture. He attended Kashiwa Municipal Kashiwa High School in Kashiwa, Chiba, where he pursued baseball. He stands 178 cm tall. Most details of his career and personal life remain private or have not been publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Ryota Funakoshi

Name (Japanese)

船越涼太

Reading

ふなこし りょうた

Born

November 26, 1993 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

178 cm

Occupation

Baseball Player

High school

Kashiwa Municipal Kashiwa High School

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%B9%E8%B6%8A%E6%B6%BC%E5%A4%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26044117

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Baseball Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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