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My Take
I'll be honest, I went in knowing next to nothing about Tatsuya Shimizu, and I came out kind of rooting for the guy. He's a pitcher out of Fukaya in Saitama, that famously green-onion town, which somehow makes me picture a humble, hard-working kid more than a flashy phenom, and I'm here for it. Born in late 1999, so by 2024 he's a mid-twenties pitcher still in that hungry, climbing phase, and at 185cm he's got that long lever you love to see firing the ball downhill. The number 50 on his Instagram tells its own story; that's a "prove it" number, the kind you wear while you're scrapping to stick around. I don't have stat lines to wax poetic about, but I'll happily cheer the underdog arc and just hope he stays healthy enough to write the rest himself.
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Overview
Tatsuya Shimizu is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher born on November 3, 1999, in Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture. Standing 185 cm tall, he is known by jersey number 50. A right-handed pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons, he was the club's fourth-round pick in the 2017 draft and debuted in 2018.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tatsuya Shimizu
- Name (Japanese)
- 清水達也
- Reading
- しみず たつや
- Born
- November 3, 1999 (age 27)
- Origin
- Fukaya, Saitama, Japan
- Height
- 185cm
- Occupation
- Baseball Player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
2. Links
3. About this entry
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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.
Frequently asked questions
When was Tatsuya Shimizu born?
Tatsuya Shimizu was born on November 3, 1999 and is 27 years old.
Where is Tatsuya Shimizu from?
Tatsuya Shimizu is from Fukaya, Saitama, Japan.
What does Tatsuya Shimizu do?
Tatsuya Shimizu works as Baseball Player.
How tall is Tatsuya Shimizu?
Tatsuya Shimizu is 185 cm tall.
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