Takuma Uchima

There's something quietly compelling about a kid from Motobu, Okinawa — a town most of Japan couldn't find on a map — making it through Asia University, one of the most brutally competitive baseball programs in the country, and then pushing further into the professional world. The Okinawa-to-mainland journey alone is its own kind of grit — leaving that blue-sky, ocean-breeze world behind to grind through cold mainland winters chasing a ball. He pitched for the Rakuten Eagles and then the Hiroshima Carp, tried his luck in North American independent ball, and announced his retirement in November 2025 — and there's something I like about a guy who kept chasing it that long. No flashy profile, no noise — just reps. That's the kind of player you end up respecting more the longer you watch.

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Takuma Uchima is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher born on November 21, 1998, in Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture. He attended Asia University, one of Japan's well-known baseball programs, before entering the professional ranks. Standing 179 cm tall, he represents one of the many players to emerge from the baseball-rich training grounds of collegiate competition in Japan.

Name (English)

Takuma Uchima

Name (Japanese)

内間拓馬

Reading

うちま たくま

Born

November 21, 1998 (age 27)

Origin

Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

Height

179cm

Occupation

Baseball Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

University

Asia University

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%85%E9%96%93%E6%8B%93%E9%A6%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102246746

Tags

• From Okinawa
• Baseball Player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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