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Sōta Hirayama is credited as an association football player and association football coach. Sōta Hirayama was born in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan on June 6, 1985. That works out to 41 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes University of Tsukuba. The listed height is 190 cm.
My Take
Sota Hirayama was born in 1985 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, stands 190 cm, and played as a forward for the Japan national team. That height matters more than it sounds. Japan has rarely produced a striker built like that, and the moment one appears, an entire country starts projecting onto him what it imagines it has been missing. Hirayama carried that from a very young age. He went on to the University of Tsukuba, and through it all he was discussed less as a player than as a referendum on what Japanese football could become. I suspect that was exhausting in ways that never showed up in a match report, because expectation of that size stops being encouragement and starts being a weight. He has since retired and moved into coaching, and that is the part I find genuinely compelling. Someone who spent his career being measured against an idea of himself now gets to stand on the other side and tell young players how to survive that. Nobody teaches that better than someone who lived it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sōta Hirayama
- Name (Japanese)
- 平山相太
- Reading
- ひらやま そうた
- Born
- June 6, 1985 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Ox
- Origin
- Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 190 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- University
- University of Tsukuba
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dta%20Hirayama
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1%E7%9B%B8%E5%A4%AA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733535
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
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 Sōta Hirayama born?
Born June 6, 1985 (age 41).
Where is Sōta Hirayama from?
Sōta Hirayama is from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Sōta Hirayama do?
Sōta Hirayama works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Sōta Hirayama?
Sōta Hirayama is 190 cm.
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