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My Take
Okazaki, Aichi — that's Tokugawa Ieyasu's birthplace, a castle town that quietly shaped one of the most methodical minds in Japanese history, so when I hear a baseball player came up from there I immediately picture someone who keeps their head down and just does the work. Standing 180 cm on a baseball diamond doesn't get you headlines on its own; what fills that frame is the daily grind — the early-morning fielding drills, the lonely batting cage hours that nobody tweets about. He went from a corporate team that was suspended to a tenth-round pick, caught for three NPB clubs with a 1.79-second throw to second, and now coaches at Orix — and honestly, most baseball careers worth respecting are built in exactly that silence. Okazaki raised a straight-arrow kind of guy, and this whole profile reads exactly like that.
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Overview
Toshio Saitō is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher and current coach born on December 23, 1983, in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture. Standing 180 cm tall, he was born under the zodiac sign Capricorn in the year of the Boar. Drafted by the Yokohama BayStars in the tenth round in 2004, he played for Yokohama, the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Orix Buffaloes, where he now coaches.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Toshio Saitō
- Name (Japanese)
- 齋藤俊雄
- Reading
- さいとう としお
- Born
- December 23, 1983 (age 42)
- Origin
- Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 180cm
- Occupation
- Baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
2. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BD%8B%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%8A%E9%9B%84
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11500209
3. About this entry
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Frequently asked questions
When was Toshio Saitō born?
Toshio Saitō was born on December 23, 1983 and is 42 years old.
Where is Toshio Saitō from?
Toshio Saitō is from Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
What does Toshio Saitō do?
Toshio Saitō works as Baseball player.
How tall is Toshio Saitō?
Toshio Saitō is 180 cm tall.
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