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Yū Takeda was born on July 5, 1999 in Daitō-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Public records list Yū Takeda as a baseball player. The age as of 2026 is 27. Education on record includes Riseisha High School and Meiji University. The listed height is 184 cm.
My Take
Riseisha High School, then Meiji University. If you follow Japanese baseball at all, that pairing tells you something before you read another line. Riseisha is one of the country's genuine powerhouse high school programs, and Meiji sits in the Tokyo Big6, the most-watched university league in Japan. Surviving both means being sorted, repeatedly, into the small group that keeps going. Takeda was born in 1999 in Daito, Osaka, and stands 184 cm. After Meiji he pitched for the corporate team Mitsubishi Heavy Industries West, then joined the Yokohama DeNA BayStars as their first-round pick in the 2024 draft and made his first-team debut in August 2025. What interests me is the shape of the record rather than its contents: a player still early enough that the interesting parts have not happened yet. I have watched enough careers to know the pipeline guarantees nothing, and that is precisely why I would keep the name somewhere retrievable. Some pages are worth revisiting in five years to see how wrong you were.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yū Takeda
- Name (Japanese)
- 竹田祐
- Reading
- たけだ ゆう
- Born
- July 5, 1999 (age 27)
- Origin
- Daitō-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 184 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
2. Background
- High school
- Riseisha High School
- University
- Meiji University
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yu_takeda__/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E7%94%B0%E7%A5%90
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130726885
4. About this entry
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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.
Frequently asked questions
When was Yū Takeda born?
Yū Takeda was born on July 5, 1999 and is 27 years old.
Where is Yū Takeda from?
Yū Takeda is from Daitō-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Yū Takeda do?
Yū Takeda works as baseball player.
How tall is Yū Takeda?
Yū Takeda is 184 cm tall.
Where did Yū Takeda study?
Yū Takeda attended Meiji University.
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