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My Take
I'll be honest, Ryūhei Obata isn't a name I can instantly pin a highlight reel to, but that's kind of why I'm rooting for him. A kid born in 2000, raised under that big Kyushu sun in Ōita, grinding his way into Japanese pro baseball, there's something I genuinely love about that. The flashy first-team stuff gets all the cameras, but the part that hits me is the quiet work nobody films, the early mornings, the body-building reps, the stubborn refusal to stay anonymous. He's still young, still loading up, and that's exactly the stretch where baseball can surprise everyone. No big trophies on the shelf yet, sure, but unglamorous grit has a funny way of detonating years later. So I'm content to wait and keep an eye out for the day this guy climbs into the light.
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Overview
Ryūhei Obata is a Japanese professional baseball player born on September 21, 2000, in Oita City, Oita Prefecture. He competes at the professional level in Japanese baseball. An infielder for the Hanshin Tigers, he was drafted in the second round in 2018 out of Nobeoka Gakuen High School and made his first-team debut in 2020.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ryūhei Obata
- Name (Japanese)
- 小幡竜平
- Reading
- おばた りゅうへい
- Born
- September 21, 2000 (age 26)
- Origin
- Oita City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Baseball player / Professional baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
2. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/obata_38/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B9%A1%E7%AB%9C%E5%B9%B3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58420256
3. About this entry
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- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Ryūhei Obata born?
Ryūhei Obata was born on September 21, 2000 and is 26 years old.
Where is Ryūhei Obata from?
Ryūhei Obata is from Oita City, Oita Prefecture, Japan.
What does Ryūhei Obata do?
Ryūhei Obata works as Baseball player, Professional baseball player.
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