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My Take
Catcher is the least glamorous job in Japanese baseball and, to me, the most revealing one. Torai Fushimi — born 12 May 1990 in Chitose, Hokkaido, 182 cm, a Tokai University product — has built a career out of work that never makes a highlight reel: managing a pitching staff, absorbing the blame for runs he did not give up, keeping a bad inning from turning into a disaster. His résumé reads like a reference letter. Orix Buffaloes, then the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and now the Hanshin Tigers. Clubs do not keep acquiring a catcher for his batting line; they acquire him because pitchers trust him. There is a small joke in it too, a man named for the tiger ending up in Tigers stripes. Box scores flatten catchers into two or three numbers, so foreign fans rarely learn these names. Watch a whole season and you notice who steadies the staff.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Torai Fushimi
- Name (Japanese)
- 伏見寅威
- Born
- May 12, 1990 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Horse
- Origin
- Chitose, Hokkaidō, Japan
- Height
- 182 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- University
- Tokai University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Torai Fushimi born?
Born May 12, 1990 (age 36).
Where is Torai Fushimi from?
Torai Fushimi is from Chitose, Hokkaidō, Japan.
What does Torai Fushimi do?
Torai Fushimi works as baseball player.
How tall is Torai Fushimi?
Torai Fushimi is 182 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-26
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.