Ryōto Kita

Ryoto Kita, born October 2002 in Kobe, is an outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes — a Hyogo kid playing for the Hyogo team, which is a small pleasure in an era when players get shuffled around wherever the contract lands. His entry here is mostly empty: no awards logged, no timeline, no career highlights. For a man in his early twenties that is not a verdict, it is a blank page. Outfield is one of the deepest positions in Japanese pro baseball; a cold couple of months and there is a younger prospect breathing down your neck. Kita has to play that game in front of a hometown crowd that recognises his face at the supermarket, which cuts both ways — the support is real, and so is the scrutiny. Some players are hardened by that and some are crushed by it. I genuinely do not know which he will be, and that is the honest reason to keep watching. Check back in three years and this page should look very different.

Name (English)

Ryōto Kita

Name (Japanese)

来田涼斗

Reading

きた りょうと

Born

October 16, 2002 (age 23)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

Origin

Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

baseball player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryoto%20Kita
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%A5%E7%94%B0%E6%B6%BC%E6%96%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104538775

Tags

• Hyōgo Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-08-07

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