Takurō Itō

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 — reportedly faster than a certain Shohei Ohtani at the same age — which is the kind of stat that makes you sit up straight. DeNA drafted him ninth overall 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 through 2024, 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.

Takurō Itō is a Japanese professional baseball player born on April 2, 1993, in Nerima, Tokyo. Standing 185 cm tall, he is known by his full name to distinguish him from others with the same reading. Further details of his career and personal life have not been made public.

Name (English)

Takurō Itō

Name (Japanese)

伊藤拓郎 (野球)

Reading

いとう たくろう

Born

April 2, 1993 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster (酉)

Origin

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height

185cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E6%8B%93%E9%83%8E%20(%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83)

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.