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My Take
Okay, I'll be honest — when I first saw "baseball player turned cricketer," I had to read it twice. Most retired pros are perfectly content collecting a pension and signing memorabilia; this guy looked at an entirely different sport with a completely different bat and said, yeah, I'm doing that. Born and raised in Osaka's Joto ward, 183 cm tall, and apparently built with way too much competitive energy to just hang it up quietly. There's something genuinely admirable about someone who grinds through a professional athletic career and then, instead of coasting, restarts from zero in a sport that barely registers on Japan's radar. That's not a career pivot, that's a personality. Aries energy, for real. I don't know if he's the best cricketer on the field, but I do know he's probably the most interesting story in the room.
Overview
Shogo Kimura is a Japanese professional athlete born on April 16, 1980, in Joto Ward, Osaka. He attended Jinsei Gakuen High School and later Aichi Gakuin University before building a career as a baseball player. After retiring from baseball, he transitioned to cricket, carving out a rare dual career in two distinct bat-and-ball sports. He stands 183 cm tall and maintains an official website as well as active social media presence under the handle cricketershogo.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shogo Kimura
- Name (Japanese)
- 木村昇吾
- Reading
- きむら しょうご
- Born
- April 16, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey (申)
- Origin
- Joto Ward, Osaka, Japan
- Height
- 183cm
- Occupation
- Baseball player / Cricket player
2. Background
- High school
- Jinsei Gakuen High School
- University
- Aichi Gakuin University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://shogokimura.net/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cricketershogo/
- Xhttps://x.com/cricketershogo
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E6%9D%91%E6%98%87%E5%90%BE
Frequently asked questions
When was Shogo Kimura born?
Born April 16, 1980 (age 46).
Where is Shogo Kimura from?
Shogo Kimura is from Joto Ward, Osaka, Japan.
What does Shogo Kimura do?
Shogo Kimura works as Baseball player, Cricket player.
How tall is Shogo Kimura?
Shogo Kimura is 183cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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.