is the manager

Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by between one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized...

 for the Orix Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes

The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka and Kobe, Japan. They play in the Pacific League. The team is owned by the Orix Group, a leading diversified financial services company based in Tokyo....

 baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 team in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Before his manager career he played for the Hanshin Tigers from until when he was traded to the Orix BlueWave where he played until .

In November 2008, he entered into a contract with the Daily Sports

Kobe Shimbun

is a daily newspaper based in Kobe, Japan, and the company publishing that newspapers is also called .-External links:...

 Company as a commentator. His commentator career in 2009 was to appear on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...

 (ABC, AM radio, terrestrial TV), Sky A sports plus (SKY PerfecTV!, satellite TV) and other broadcasting stations in the Kansai region.

Managing record

Team

|Regular Season

2004 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season The Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Seibu Lions defeating the Chunichi Dragons in the 2004 Japan Series.-Pacific League:* Season Format** Regular Season...

66

70

7

.485

4th in Central League

Hanshin Tigers

2005 2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season In the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League defeating the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in a four game sweep in the Nippon Series.-Pacific League:* Season Format** Regular Season...

87

54

5

.617

1st in Central League

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Lost the Japan series 4–0 vs. Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba Lotte Marines The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by the Lotte conglomerate.-History:...

Hanshin Tigers

2006 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season In the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Pacific League defeat the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League in the Japan Series.-Pacific League:* Season Format** Regular Season...

84

58

4

.592

2nd in Central League

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Hanshin Tigers

2007 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season The 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in .- Climax Series :Climax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the...

74

66

4

.529

3rd in Central League

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N/A

N/A

Hanshin Tigers

2008 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season The 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 59th season since the NPB was reorganized in . The regular season started on March 20 with the Pacific League opener, and on March 28 with the Central League opener. On March 25 and 26, the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics played 2 regular...

82

59

3

.582

2nd in Central League

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Hanshin Tigers Total

393

307

23

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Orix Buffaloes

2010 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season The 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 61st season since the NPB was reorganized in .-Central League First Stage:Yomiuri Giants win series 2-0-Central League Final Stage:Chunichi Dragons have one-win advantage...

69

71

4

.493

5th in Pacific League

Orix Buffaloes

2011 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season The 2011 baseball season in Japan was delayed by the Tohoku earthquake. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, based in northern Japan, and coached by Senichi Hoshino, were particularly affected by the quake, as the Miyagi Baseball Stadium was badly damaged....

69

68

7

.504

4th in Pacific League

Orix Buffaloes Total

138

139

11

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N/A

N/A

Total

531

446

34

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N/A

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