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My Take
There's something I genuinely respect about guys like Toshiyasu Kimura — born in 1995 in Katsuragi, Nara, coming up through Gose Jitsugyo High School, which has a serious baseball pedigree in a prefecture that doesn't exactly dominate the national spotlight. At 175cm he's not the prototype build scouts drool over, yet he threw 152 km/h and was quick enough that some teams considered drafting him as a position player. He spent 2017 to 2020 in Rakuten's developmental squad, and the trajectory from a quiet Nara town to professional baseball tells me he earned every inch of it the hard way, and that kind of quiet grind is genuinely underrated.
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Overview
Toshiyasu Kimura (born September 14, 1995, in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. After Gose Jitsugyo High School and Riseisha medical sports college, where he was clocked at 152 km/h, he spent 2017 to 2020 with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles as a developmental player.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Toshiyasu Kimura
- Name (Japanese)
- 木村敏靖
- Reading
- きむら としやす
- Born
- September 14, 1995 (age 31)
- Origin
- Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 176cm
- Occupation
- Baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Boar
2. Background
- High school
- Nara Prefectural Gose Jitsugyo High School
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/abcdef_131/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E6%9D%91%E6%95%8F%E9%9D%96
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47465087
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
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 Toshiyasu Kimura born?
Toshiyasu Kimura was born on September 14, 1995 and is 31 years old.
Where is Toshiyasu Kimura from?
Toshiyasu Kimura is from Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
What does Toshiyasu Kimura do?
Toshiyasu Kimura works as Baseball player.
How tall is Toshiyasu Kimura?
Toshiyasu Kimura is 176 cm tall.
Which high school did Toshiyasu Kimura attend?
Toshiyasu Kimura attended Nara Prefectural Gose Jitsugyo High School.
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