Sho Iwasaki

Honestly, I have a soft spot for a hometown guy who makes good. Sho Iwasaki grew up in Funabashi, Chiba, went to the local powerhouse high school, and grew into this 189cm frame built for hurling a baseball downhill at people. That's a fun image. I don't see a loud, headline-chasing star here; I read him as the quiet craftsman type, the kind of pitcher who just does his job, eats innings, and earns respect by sticking around. And that part matters to me, because pro baseball is brutal on a body. Battling through wear and tear and still toeing the rubber season after season is its own kind of toughness, the unglamorous kind I genuinely admire. Big Chiba kid raised on sea wind, slinging good pitches. I'm rooting for him.

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Sho Iwasaki is a Japanese professional baseball player born on October 21, 1989, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. Standing 189 cm tall, he is known for his imposing pitching presence. He attended Funabashi Municipal Funabashi High School in his home city. A first-round high school pick of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the 2007 draft, he later pitched for the Chunichi Dragons and now plays for the Orix Buffaloes.

Name (English)

Sho Iwasaki

Name (Japanese)

岩嵜翔

Reading

いわさき しょう

Born

October 21, 1989 (age 37)

Origin

Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

189cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

High school

Funabashi Municipal Funabashi High School

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E5%B5%9C%E7%BF%94
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499696

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 21, 2026

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