Shūhei Fujiya

Shūhei Fujiya is the kind of guy who walks into a room and you just notice — 190 cm of ballplayer born in Edogawa, Tokyo, and raised near Los Angeles, born in the blazing heart of Leo season, 1987. He turned down the San Diego Padres as an 18th-round pick and spent 2011 to 2014 with the Chiba Lotte Marines without a first-team appearance, which honestly tracks for a lot of guys who grind without a spotlight following them around. What I keep coming back to is the image: a six-foot-three pitcher with a fastball touching 96 mph stepping onto a field and just looking like he belongs there on sheer geometry alone. Not every baseball life ends in headlines, and there's something I respect about that quiet persistence, putting in the work whether the cameras show up or not.

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Shūhei Fujiya is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher born on August 12, 1987, in Edogawa, Tokyo. Standing 190 cm tall, he is known for his imposing physical presence on the field. Raised near Los Angeles from first grade, he pitched at Northern Iowa and USC, played for the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2011 to 2014 and later became a coach for the Gold's Gym club team.

Name (English)

Shūhei Fujiya

Name (Japanese)

藤谷周平

Reading

ふじや しゅうへい

Born

August 12, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan

Height

190 cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E8%B0%B7%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11624975

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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