Ryuki Hatayama

Kushiro, Hokkaido — and not the cozy touristy part, but the real deal: frigid, remote, the kind of place where winter doesn't so much arrive as it just permanently lives there. Honestly, if you grew up in that environment and picked ice hockey, it feels less like a choice and more like the land just claimed you. Ryuki Hatayama came up through Shirakaba Gakuen, one of Japan's serious hockey high schools, then headed to Chuo University, so this guy clearly treated the sport as a proper career path, not just a hobby. Born in 2001, he's barely into his mid-twenties, which means if he's got the ceiling, the real chapter hasn't even started yet. Details on his game are thin in public records, which honestly just makes me more curious — there's something intriguing about a player who lets the work speak rather than the feed.

Ryuki Hatayama is a Japanese ice hockey player born on September 17, 2001, in Kushiro, Hokkaido. He attended Shirakaba Gakuen High School, a school known for its ice hockey program, before going on to Chuo University. Still in his early twenties, he represents the next generation of Japanese ice hockey talent emerging from Hokkaido.

Name (English)

Ryuki Hatayama

Name (Japanese)

畑山隆貴

Reading

はたやま りゅうき

Born

September 17, 2001 (age 24)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

Origin

Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Occupation

Ice hockey player

High school

Shirakaba Gakuen High School

University

Chuo University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hatayama_43/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%95%91%E5%B1%B1%E9%9A%86%E8%B2%B4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126005280

Tags

• From Hokkaido
• Ice hockey player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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