Toshiaki Inubushi

Toshiaki Inubushi is one of those names where the backstory quietly does the talking for you — a kid from Higashiosaka, born in 1972, grew up in a city more famous for its rugby culture and small factories than its baseball diamonds, and somehow decided that baseball was his thing. I find that kind of stubborn hometown defiance genuinely endearing. I'll be honest that I don't have a box score's worth of stats to wave around, but sometimes the image of a big Osaka kid standing his ground at the plate is enough to make you root for him retroactively.

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Toshiaki Inubushi is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and catcher born on April 24, 1972, in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. Standing 182 cm tall, he won the 1990 spring Koshien with Kindai Univ. High School and played for the Seibu Lions from 1991 to 2005, then stayed with the club as staff until 2010.

Name (English)

Toshiaki Inubushi

Name (Japanese)

犬伏稔昌

Reading

いぬぶし としあき

Born

April 24, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

182 cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8A%AC%E4%BC%8F%E7%A8%94%E6%98%8C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11571168

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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