Photo: Hotta Akahane / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Ikeyama Takahiro was the kind of hitter who swung like the bat owed him money. A shortstop who stood 183 cm and tried to reach the seats every time, he spent his entire Nippon Professional Baseball career with the Yakult Swallows, from 1984 to 2002. What I admire is not the home runs but the shrug after the strikeouts. Players that free from the fear of failure are rare anywhere in the world, and crowds could feel it even when he missed. Now he manages the same club he swung for, and I find that quietly satisfying: the wild young slugger from Amagasaki grew into the man responsible for calming everyone else down.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Takahiro Ikeyama
- Name (Japanese)
- 池山隆寛
- Born
- December 17, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Snake
- Origin
- Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 183 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player / baseball commentator / baseball coach / baseball manager
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%A0%E5%B1%B1%E9%9A%86%E5%AF%9B
Frequently asked questions
When was Takahiro Ikeyama born?
Born December 17, 1965 (age 60).
Where is Takahiro Ikeyama from?
Takahiro Ikeyama is from Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
What does Takahiro Ikeyama do?
Takahiro Ikeyama works as baseball player, baseball commentator, baseball coach, baseball manager.
How tall is Takahiro Ikeyama?
Takahiro Ikeyama is 183 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-26
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.