Shūichi Furukawa

There's something I genuinely love about a baseball player coming out of Sasebo — this quirky little port city in Nagasaki that smells like the navy and champon noodles and has this whole vibe that's hard to place. Shūichi Furukawa, born in the summer of 1987, would be pushing forty now, which means he's lived through the full arc of what it means to grind through a professional sports career in Japan. At 175cm he's not exactly built to intimidate, but honestly, guys who aren't the biggest on the field are often the ones who've had to get sharper, smarter, more deliberate about every single rep — and there's a kind of respect I have for that path. I don't know all the chapter-and-verse of his career, but the image of a kid from a Kyushu harbor town growing up with a baseball and eventually running fields across the whole country? That's a proper story, even if most of the world hasn't heard it yet.

Shūichi Furukawa is a Japanese baseball player born on July 15, 1987, in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. He stands 175 cm tall. Further details regarding his career, agency, and personal background are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Shūichi Furukawa

Name (Japanese)

古川秀一

Reading

ふるかわ しゅういち

Born

July 15, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit (卯)

Origin

Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Height

175cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E7%A7%80%E4%B8%80

Tags

• From Nagasaki Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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