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Shunpeita Yamashita is credited as a professional baseball player. Born on July 16, 2002, Shunpeita Yamashita is from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The age as of 2026 is 24.
My Take
Shunpeita Yamashita was born in Fukuoka in 2002, which means that as I write this he is still in his early twenties and pitching in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Orix Buffaloes. That alone is worth pausing on. Professional pitching is unforgiving in a specific way — the mechanics that make a young arm exceptional are the same mechanics that can break it, and simply staying in a top-level rotation is an achievement that raw talent does not guarantee. He went from Fukuoka University Ohori High School to Orix as a first-round pick in the 2020 draft, made his first-team debut in 2023 and was named that year's Rookie of the Year. Even so, a young pitcher's record is a timestamp, not a verdict. Everything interesting about a career like this is still ahead of it, and profiles written at this stage tend to be the ones worth rereading in five years — either as an early sighting of something remarkable, or as a reminder of how narrow the margin is. Right now he is a name I would keep an eye on rather than one I would summarise.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shunpeita Yamashita
- Name (Japanese)
- 山下舜平大
- Reading
- やました しゅんぺいた
- Born
- July 16, 2002 (age 24)
- Origin
- Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- baseball player / professional baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
2. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/syunpeit_yamashit_/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunpeita%20Yamashita
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E8%88%9C%E5%B9%B3%E5%A4%A7
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102246722
3. About this entry
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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.
Frequently asked questions
When was Shunpeita Yamashita born?
Shunpeita Yamashita was born on July 16, 2002 and is 24 years old.
Where is Shunpeita Yamashita from?
Shunpeita Yamashita is from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Shunpeita Yamashita do?
Shunpeita Yamashita works as baseball player, professional baseball player.
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