Shuhei Kojima

Shuhei Kojima is one of those baseball guys who quietly earns your respect the longer you pay attention. Born in 1987 in Ota City, Gunma — a town most people associate with Toyota factories rather than ballparks — he made it into pro baseball at 177cm, which in Japan's NPB is totally workable, but it still takes real conviction to grind through a professional career at that frame. What I find genuinely interesting is that he didn't just play and disappear: he's also worked as a coach, which tells me the guy thinks about the game seriously enough to want to pass it on. That transition from player to instructor is harder than it looks — plenty of talented players are terrible teachers. Instagram presence, Gemini energy, Gunma roots — there's something grounded and unfussy about him that I appreciate. No big splashy headlines, just someone who showed up and kept going.

Shuhei Kojima is a Japanese baseball player and coach born on June 5, 1987, in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Standing 177 cm tall, he has pursued a career that spans both playing and coaching roles in baseball. He is active on Instagram under the handle shuhei_kojima38.

Name (English)

Shuhei Kojima

Name (Japanese)

小島脩平

Reading

こじま しゅうへい

Born

June 5, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit (卯)

Origin

Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Height

177 cm

Occupation

Baseball player / Baseball coach

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shuhei_kojima38/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B3%B6%E8%84%A9%E5%B9%B3

Tags

• From Gunma Prefecture
• Baseball player
• Baseball coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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