Taiki Kudō

Taiki Kudo is the kind of player who flies under the radar in the best possible way — born in 2003, a genuine Hokkaido kid who went from Hokkai High School straight into Hokkai Gakuen University without chasing the spotlight. There's something I genuinely respect about a baseball guy who kept his head down in Sapporo until the Hiroshima Carp drafted him in 2025. He only made his first-team debut in August 2026, which honestly makes him more interesting, not less. Wide-open potential is always the most fun thing to watch.

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Taiki Kudō is a Japanese baseball player born on September 29, 2003, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. He attended Hokkai High School before going on to Hokkaigakuen University, both in Hokkaido. A right-handed pitcher, he was selected by the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the fourth round of the 2025 draft and made his first-team debut in August 2026.

Name (English)

Taiki Kudō

Name (Japanese)

工藤泰己

Reading

くどう たいき

Born

September 29, 2003 (age 23)

Origin

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

High school

Hokkai High School

University

Hokkaigakuen University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%A5%E8%97%A4%E6%B3%B0%E5%B7%B1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137965426

Tags

• From Hokkaido
• Baseball player

Last updated

September 29, 2026

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