Shunpei Azuma

Five years of waiting — that's what Junpei Azuma's story is so far, and honestly it makes the payoff feel earned. DeNA drafted this Wakayama kid fourth overall back in 2019 when he was still a teenager, drawn by that cannon arm of his — 125 meters, reportedly — and then the real world of pro ball made him wait, and wait, and wait some more. He finally got his debut in September 2024, walked up in the ninth inning like it was nothing, and a few days later stroked a clutch two-base hit for his first professional RBI. Between those years he was grinding in Australia's winter league with Canberra, batting .267 and quietly proving he belonged. His older brother pitches for the Chiba Lotte Marines, which makes every DeNA-Lotte matchup feel like a family dinner with something to prove. He's 24, barely started, and I'm quietly curious where this goes.

Shunpei Azuma is a Japanese baseball player born on July 3, 2001, in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture. He maintains an Instagram presence under the handle junpei130703. Most personal and career details remain private or unknown as of the available record.

Name (English)

Shunpei Azuma

Name (Japanese)

東妻純平

Reading

あづま じゅんぺい

Born

July 3, 2001 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake (巳)

Origin

Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Baseball Player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/junpei130703/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E5%A6%BB%E7%B4%94%E5%B9%B3

Tags

• From Wakayama Prefecture
• Baseball Player

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.