Shingo Takeyama

Shingo Takeyama is the kind of baseball player I find myself quietly rooting for — a guy from Nagoya's Midori Ward who probably never chased headlines, just reps. Born in the summer of '84 under Cancer, which tends to produce the stubborn, quietly devoted type, he spent 17 seasons as a pro catcher for Yokohama, Seibu and his hometown Chunichi, and that kind of staying power usually reveals a whole layer of cagey wisdom. At 179 cm he's no towering presence, which usually means a player had to out-think the competition rather than overpower them. A tenth-round pick who lasted 17 years in the pros and then moved into coaching and managing — there's something appealing about a Nagoya kid who put in the work with zero fanfare — the grind-it-out type who earns trust in the dugout long before anyone writes a feature about him.

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Shingo Takeyama is a retired Japanese baseball catcher and manager born on June 22, 1984, in Midori Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. He stands 179 cm tall. A 10th-round draft pick in 2002, he caught for the Yokohama BayStars, Saitama Seibu Lions and Chunichi Dragons until 2019, then coached Chunichi and has managed a club team in Odawara since 2022.

Name (English)

Shingo Takeyama

Name (Japanese)

武山真吾

Reading

たけやま しんご

Born

June 22, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Midori Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

179cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shingo.takeyama/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E5%B1%B1%E7%9C%9F%E5%90%BE
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11545937

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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