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My Take
Four teams sounds like a journeyman's resume, but Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi's career reads the other way round. Daiei, Nippon-Ham, Hanshin, Rakuten - each move happened because somebody wanted him. The left-hander from Nagasaki began in relief, then in his late thirties, the age when most pitchers are quietly managing decline, he became a rotation anchor and led his league in wins. He kept pitching past forty. What stays with me is the image rather than the statistics: 184 cm of unshaven scowl planted on the mound, staring down hitters young enough to have grown up watching him. There is a particular stubbornness in athletes who peak late, and I have never been able to resist it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi
- Name (Japanese)
- 下柳剛
- Born
- May 16, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Monkey
- Origin
- Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 184 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.shimoyanagi.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shimoyanagi_tsuyoshi/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E6%9F%B3%E5%89%9B
Frequently asked questions
When was Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi born?
Born May 16, 1968 (age 58).
Where is Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi from?
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi is from Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
What does Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi do?
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi works as baseball player.
How tall is Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi?
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi is 184 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-27
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.