Yoshitomo Miyaji

Born in 1932 in Kanazawa — that classic, quietly proud castle town in Ishikawa — Yoshitomo Miyaji was playing baseball in an era when Japan was still picking itself up off the floor after the war. I find something genuinely moving about that: the country in chaos, and here's this tall guy (180cm was seriously imposing back then) out on a diamond, just grinding through it all. Kanazawa has always had that understated dignity to it, and I like to think it rubbed off on him — Capricorn energy, born in the Year of the Monkey, so probably sharp, disciplined, and a little hard to read. The historical record on him is thin, but honestly that almost adds to the mystique. Not every player from that generation got their stats immortalized. He was there, he played, and that's no small thing.

Yoshitomo Miyaji is a Japanese baseball player born on January 18, 1932, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. He stands 180 cm tall, a notable height for his generation. Detailed career records are not widely available in public sources. He is listed in Wikidata under entry Q10950589.

Name (English)

Yoshitomo Miyaji

Name (Japanese)

宮地惟友

Reading

みやじ よしとも

Born

January 18, 1932 (age 94)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey (申)

Origin

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

180cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%E5%9C%B0%E6%83%9F%E5%8F%8B

Tags

• From Ishikawa Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.