Takaya Toda

Takaya Toda is the kind of player I find myself quietly rooting for. Born in Kobe in 1993 — that port city with the sea breeze and the mountains right behind it — he came up through Japanese baseball at a time when the sport was producing serious, grounded athletes who just put their heads down and worked. A lefty billed as Kyushu's best in high school, he spent his career with the Hiroshima Carp as a long reliever, even stepping in once to start for an injured Hiroki Kuroda, and honestly that makes me respect the craft more. Some guys are in it for the highlight reel; Toda just seems like he shows up, plays ball, and lets the work speak.

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Takaya Toda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher born on June 10, 1993, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. Standing 181 cm tall, he is a Gemini born in the Year of the Rooster. A left-hander from Shonan High School, he pitched for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, mostly in long relief.

Name (English)

Takaya Toda

Name (Japanese)

戸田隆矢

Reading

とだ たかや

Born

June 10, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Height

181cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%B8%E7%94%B0%E9%9A%86%E7%9F%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11496570

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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