My Take
Honestly, Kakamigahara wasn't a name I had rattling around in my head before looking this guy up — it's a quiet city in Gifu hugging the Kiso River, the kind of place where summers are thick and the baseball fields are actually used. And somehow that setting just fits Shin'ya Azuhata perfectly. Born in '88, Cancer, Year of the Dragon — so he came up in a generation that had to earn everything the hard way, no social media halo, just reps and results. At 181cm he's got a good frame without screaming "look at me," and I get the sense he's the type who shows up, does his job, and lets the box score do the talking. I don't have deep stats on him, and I won't pretend I do, but every roster has guys like this — the ones coaches quietly depend on — and those are usually the players the hometown never forgets.
Overview
Shin'ya Azuhata is a Japanese baseball player born on July 22, 1988, in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture. He stands 181 cm tall. Detailed career records and agency affiliation are not publicly available.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shin'ya Azuhata
- Name (Japanese)
- 小豆畑眞也
- Reading
- あずはた しんや
- Born
- July 22, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon (辰)
- Origin
- Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E8%B1%86%E7%95%91%E7%9C%9E%E4%B9%9F
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.