Sachin Tendulkar

I grew up far from cricket culture, but even from Japan, Sachin Tendulkar's aura is impossible to miss. What fascinates me is the scale of devotion he carried: a billion people projecting their hopes onto one 170-centimeter batsman, match after match, for over two decades. Most athletes would crumble under a fraction of that pressure; he turned it into routine excellence. The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, going to a sportsman says everything about what he means beyond the scoreboard. To me he is the rare superstar whose greatness is measured less in records than in the calm with which he shouldered an entire nation's expectations.

Name (English)

Sachin Tendulkar

Name (Japanese)

サチン・テンドルカール

Reading

さちん・てんどるかーる

Born

April 24, 1973 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Height

170 cm

Occupation

cricketer / politician

University

Kirti M.Doongursee College

Awards & achievements

• 1994 Arjuna Award
• 1997 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• Maharashtra Bhushan Award
• 2014 Bharat Ratna
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games
• 1999 Padma Shri in sports
• 2008 Padma Vibhushan
• Outstanding Achievement Medal

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.sachintendulkar.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sachintendulkar/
• Xhttps://x.com/sachin_rt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Bombay State
• cricketer
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.