Shō Yamaguchi

He's 181cm, so physically he's got the build for it, and there's something quietly impressive about a guy who chose the kind of career where your body is your instrument and the grind never stops. A second-round pick of the Carp in 2017, he kept chasing a way back to NPB with his hometown Hinokuni Salamanders after leaving Hiroshima — let the game do the talking, you know? He has since stepped away and taken a job back home in Kumamoto, and I respect how fully he gave it a go.

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Shō Yamaguchi is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher born on April 28, 1999, in Kumamoto. Standing 181 cm tall, he was the ace of Kumamoto Technical High School, was drafted in the second round by the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 2017 and pitched in their system until 2022, then played for the independent Hinokuni Salamanders in 2023 and 2024.

Name (English)

Shō Yamaguchi

Name (Japanese)

山口翔

Reading

やまぐち しょう

Born

April 28, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

Japan

Height

181cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%8F%A3%E7%BF%94
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47470327

Tags

• Baseball player

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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