Tomoya Inoue

Tomoya Inoue was born on January 28, 2003 in Shijōnawate, Osaka Prefecture, but went to high school at Hanasaki Tokuharu in Saitama — meaning he left home in his early teens to chase baseball in another region. That decision alone tells you something about the household and the kid. He is now an infielder with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Infield is the most crowded real estate in Japanese professional baseball: established veterans above you, a fresh draft class arriving underneath you every single autumn. A player in his early twenties is in the narrow window where potential still counts as an argument. Within a few seasons that argument expires and only production remains. I find unfinished careers like this the most interesting entries in a database — there is no verdict yet, just a young player and a clock that has already started running.

Name (English)

Tomoya Inoue

Name (Japanese)

井上朋也

Reading

いのうえ ともや

Born

January 28, 2003 (age 23)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

Origin

Shijōnawate-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

professional baseball player

High school

Hanasaki Tokuharu High School

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoya%20Inoue
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%8A%E6%9C%8B%E4%B9%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102246669

Tags

• Osaka Prefecture
• professional baseball player

Last updated

2026-08-07

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.