Takamasa Suzuki

I have a soft spot for the quietly tough ones, and Takamasa Suzuki gives me exactly that energy. A Chiba kid born in 1954, he came up with the Chunichi Dragons in the mid-70s as a flame-throwing arm, the kind of pitcher who walked to the mound and just dared you. At 178cm he had that classic Showa-era presence, no flash, all backbone. What gets me isn't a highlight reel of stats; it's the image of a guy who put in the work, fastball after fastball, and earned his place the hard way. I always root for the ones who let their pitching do the talking and probably spend their later years passing the craft to younger players. He reads as steady, a little stubborn, and the kind of old-school competitor I genuinely admire.

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Takamasa Suzuki is a Japanese former baseball player born on July 3, 1954, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Standing 178 cm tall, he competed in professional baseball during the Showa era. He went from Naruto High School to the Chunichi Dragons as their first-round pick in the 1972 draft, pitched for them from 1973 to 1989, and later coached the club.

Name (English)

Takamasa Suzuki

Name (Japanese)

鈴木孝政

Reading

すずき たかまさ

Born

July 3, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

178cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8%E5%AD%9D%E6%94%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9040300

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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