Yutaka Takagi

I'll be honest, I have a soft spot for guys like Yutaka Takagi, the kind of player who didn't blow you away with brute power but instead drove you crazy with his legs. A speedy infielder out of Hofu in Yamaguchi by way of Chuo University, he made his living rattling pitchers and swiping bases, the sort of pesky, heads-up baseball I find way more fun to watch than another towering home run. What really gets me, though, is his second act. He's become this endlessly chatty, plainspoken voice in retirement, breaking the game down on TV and pouring his whole heart into YouTube, and you can just tell the man never stopped loving baseball for a single second. Pushing his sixties and still bursting with energy, ribbing and hyping young players with that breezy, generous patter, he's honestly an easy guy to root for.

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Yutaka Takagi is a former professional baseball player and television personality born on October 22, 1958, in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. He attended Takagawa Gakuen High School before going on to Chuo University. After his playing career he became active as a media personality, leveraging his baseball expertise in commentary and online content.

Name (English)

Yutaka Takagi

Name (Japanese)

高木豊

Reading

たかぎ ゆたか

Born

October 22, 1958 (age 67)

Origin

Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Height

173 cm

Weight

80 kg

Occupation

Baseball player / Television personality

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

High school

Takagawa Gakuen High School

University

Chuo University

Works summary

Appearances

10 (2011)

By year

2011: 1

Debut work

スポーツワイド Fの炎〜SPORT HOKKAIDO〜

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://takagi-yutaka.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/takagi.1022/
• Xhttps://x.com/bentu2433
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%A8%E8%B1%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10856383

Tags

• From Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Baseball player
• Television personality

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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