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My Take
Here's a guy whose story hits different the more you dig into it. Takuro Ito from Nerima, Tokyo, was throwing 148 km/h as a high school freshman back in 2009 — breaking Sho Nakata's record for a first-year at Koshien — which is the kind of stat that makes you sit up straight. DeNA drafted him in the ninth round in 2011, the pro dream was fully alive. But NPB didn't pan out, and by 2015 he was in the independent leagues with Gunma, which is where things quietly got interesting: he led the BCL in wins and strikeouts in 2017 and walked away with Grand Championship MVP the year before. Most guys with that résumé fade into the footnotes, but Ito just kept pitching — corporate baseball with Nippon Steel Kashima, working in relative obscurity at 185 cm, doing the grind. I respect that kind of stubbornness. Not every arm gets the spotlight it probably deserved.
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Overview
Takurō Itō is a Japanese former professional and industrial-league baseball pitcher born on April 2, 1993, in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, and raised in Nerima, Tokyo. Standing 185 cm tall, he was drafted in the ninth round by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in 2011, then pitched for the Gunma Diamond Pegasus of the independent BC League, leading the league in wins and strikeouts in 2017, before joining Nippon Steel Kashima.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Takurō Itō
- Name (Japanese)
- 伊藤拓郎
- Reading
- いとう たくろう
- Born
- April 2, 1993 (age 33)
- Origin
- Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
- Height
- 185cm
- Occupation
- Baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rooster
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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When was Takurō Itō born?
Takurō Itō was born on April 2, 1993 and is 33 years old.
Where is Takurō Itō from?
Takurō Itō is from Nerima, Tokyo, Japan.
What does Takurō Itō do?
Takurō Itō works as Baseball player.
How tall is Takurō Itō?
Takurō Itō is 185 cm tall.
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