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My Take
Shion Matsuo is one of those entries where the honest thing to say is that the story has barely started. Born in Kyoto in 2004, he came through Osaka Toin, one of the most demanding high school programs in the country, and now catches for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. That is most of what the record holds so far, and I think that is fine. Catcher is the slowest position in baseball to grow into: learning a pitching staff, reading hitters, running a game from behind the plate — none of it arrives quickly, and anyone fully formed at twenty-two would be the exception rather than the rule. What interests me is watching someone in the unglamorous middle of that apprenticeship, before the highlights exist. Come back to this page in a few years and it should look very different.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shion Matsuo
- Name (Japanese)
- 松尾汐恩
- Born
- July 6, 2004 (age 22)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- professional baseball player
2. Background
- High school
- Osaka Tōin High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/matsuo.shion0706/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E5%B0%BE%E6%B1%90%E6%81%A9
Frequently asked questions
When was Shion Matsuo born?
Born July 6, 2004 (age 22).
Where is Shion Matsuo from?
Shion Matsuo is from Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
What does Shion Matsuo do?
Shion Matsuo works as professional baseball player.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-27
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.