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My Take
Yutaka Fukufuji grew up in Kushiro — a windswept fishing port on the eastern tip of Hokkaido — and honestly, if you wanted to build a hockey player from scratch, you couldn't pick a better origin story than that. The cold alone sounds like it would chase you onto the ice just to stay sane. He's 185 cm, so I imagine he cuts an imposing figure on the rink, and the fact that he packed up and traveled all the way to Tohoku High School in Sendai to chase the sport seriously tells you everything about how badly he wanted it. That school has a real hockey pedigree, so the kid from the fishing town wasn't messing around. Born in 1982 under Virgo — the meticulous, detail-obsessed sign — playing one of the most physically brutal team sports out there is a fun contradiction I can't stop thinking about. I don't follow Japanese ice hockey nearly as closely as I should, but every now and then you stumble across someone's background and it makes you want to dig in.
Overview
Yutaka Fukufuji is a Japanese ice hockey player born on September 17, 1982, in Kushiro, Hokkaido. Standing 185 cm tall, he attended Tohoku High School in Sendai, a renowned powerhouse for ice hockey, demonstrating early dedication to the sport by relocating from Hokkaido. He is active on social media including Instagram and X.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yutaka Fukufuji
- Name (Japanese)
- 福藤豊
- Reading
- ふくふじ ゆたか
- Born
- September 17, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog (戌)
- Origin
- Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
- Height
- 185cm
- Occupation
- Ice hockey player
2. Background
- High school
- Tohoku High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fuji44/
- Xhttps://x.com/44fuji
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E8%97%A4%E8%B1%8A
Frequently asked questions
When was Yutaka Fukufuji born?
Born September 17, 1982 (age 43).
Where is Yutaka Fukufuji from?
Yutaka Fukufuji is from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
What does Yutaka Fukufuji do?
Yutaka Fukufuji works as Ice hockey player.
How tall is Yutaka Fukufuji?
Yutaka Fukufuji is 185cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- 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.