My Take
I've got a soft spot for catchers, and Yukinori Kishida is exactly the kind of unsung grinder I find myself rooting for. He came up out of Hyogo, sharpened at Houtoku Gakuen, a school that doesn't hand out easy reps, and at 176cm he's not towering by baseball standards, which somehow makes the squat-in-the-dirt persistence more compelling. The catcher's job is brutal and invisible: take a pitcher's heat all day, read the data, call the game, then go grab a clutch hit when your spot comes up. That's brains and body running at full tilt with almost none of the glory. Born in 1996, he's right in that prime-years window where craft and grit start paying off. He's not a flashy star, but he's the dependable backbone a clubhouse quietly leans on, and I respect that kind of player enormously.
Overview
Yukinori Kishida is a Japanese professional baseball player born on October 10, 1996, in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture. He attended Hototoku Gakuen High School, a school with a strong baseball tradition in Hyogo. Standing 176 cm tall, he plays as a catcher, a demanding position requiring both physical endurance and strategic acumen. Details about his agency and career timeline remain private.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yukinori Kishida
- Name (Japanese)
- 岸田行倫
- Reading
- きしだ ゆきのり
- Born
- October 10, 1996 (age 29)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rat (子)
- Origin
- Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 176cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball Player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hototoku Gakuen High School
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%B8%E7%94%B0%E8%A1%8C%E5%80%AB
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.