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Sōichirō Yamazaki was born in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan on June 15, 1998. Sōichirō Yamazaki is a professional baseball player. That works out to 28 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Tsuruga Kehi High School. The listed height is 189 cm.
My Take
Soichiro Yamazaki, born June 15, 1998 in Kaga, Ishikawa, is a pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes — and he stands 189 cm, which is genuinely large for Nippon Professional Baseball. It is the first thing on his file and the hardest thing to ignore. Add the mound and you have a release point that arrives at the batter from an unusually steep angle. But I have always thought height is more complicated a gift than it looks in a pitcher. A tall frame means longer levers, and longer levers mean more places for a delivery to come apart. Repeating the same motion pitch after pitch is harder, not easier, at that size, and the tall arms who last are the ones who solved that problem rather than the ones who were simply given the inches. He also left Ishikawa for Tsuruga Kehi High School across the prefecture line in Fukui, which tells you the commitment predates the physique paying off. Orix took him in the sixth round of the 2016 draft, and he waited until May 2021 for his first-team debut, then pitched well in that autumn's Japan Series.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sōichirō Yamazaki
- Name (Japanese)
- 山崎颯一郎
- Reading
- やまざき そういちろう
- Born
- June 15, 1998 (age 28)
- Origin
- Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 189 cm
- Occupation
- professional baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
2. Background
- High school
- Tsuruga Kehi High School
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yamazaki63/
- Xhttps://x.com/yamazaki_63
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichiro%20Yamazaki
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%EF%A8%91%E9%A2%AF%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30935636
4. About this entry
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Frequently asked questions
When was Sōichirō Yamazaki born?
Sōichirō Yamazaki was born on June 15, 1998 and is 28 years old.
Where is Sōichirō Yamazaki from?
Sōichirō Yamazaki is from Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
What does Sōichirō Yamazaki do?
Sōichirō Yamazaki works as professional baseball player.
How tall is Sōichirō Yamazaki?
Sōichirō Yamazaki is 189 cm tall.
Which high school did Sōichirō Yamazaki attend?
Sōichirō Yamazaki attended Tsuruga Kehi High School.
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