Photo: shi.k / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Takeshi Nakamura is a baseball player, born on March 17, 1967 in Ukyō Ward, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2026, Takeshi Nakamura is 59 years old. The listed height is 179 cm.
My Take
Catchers are the least glamorous stars in baseball, and Takeshi Nakamura spent a whole career proving why that job matters. Born in Kyoto in 1967, he crouched behind the plate for the Chunichi Dragons, then the Yokohama BayStars, then the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles — three different pitching staffs, three different sets of egos to manage. A catcher's real work never shows up cleanly in a box score. You read hitters, you nurse a rattled pitcher through a bad inning, you absorb foul tips into your knees for two decades, and the headline the next morning says the pitcher was sharp. What I find fitting is that he later went back to Chunichi as the first-team battery coach, teaching the same invisible craft to the next generation. Some players retire and chase the spotlight they never got. He went back to the position where the spotlight never points. That says something about the man.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Takeshi Nakamura
- Name (Japanese)
- 中村武志
- Reading
- なかむら たけし
- Born
- March 17, 1967 (age 59)
- Origin
- Ukyō Ward, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 179 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
2. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/39_takeshi_0317/
- Xhttps://x.com/39_takeshi_0317
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%20Nakamura
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91%E6%AD%A6%E5%BF%97
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11365765
3. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
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 Takeshi Nakamura born?
Takeshi Nakamura was born on March 17, 1967 and is 59 years old.
Where is Takeshi Nakamura from?
Takeshi Nakamura is from Ukyō Ward, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
What does Takeshi Nakamura do?
Takeshi Nakamura works as baseball player.
How tall is Takeshi Nakamura?
Takeshi Nakamura is 179 cm tall.
Baseball player — see all → · More people from Japan → · More people born on March 17 →