is a retired Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 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...

 player for the Hanshin Tigers

Hanshin Tigers

The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly...

. He previously worked as a hitting coach

Coach (baseball)

In baseball, a number of coaches assist in the smooth functioning of a team. They are assistants to the manager, or head coach, who determines the lineup and decides how to substitute players during the game...

 for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi

Akinobu Mayumi

is the former manager for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. After serving 3 seasons with the team, he was released in October after failing to make the 2011 play-offs. He was shortly replaced with by Yutaka Wada, who had also previously played for the team...

 was fired, and Yutaka Wada was giving the position to replace him less than a week later. He is notable for various accomplishments, which include the following:

• 1500 games played
• 1500 hits
• 24 game hitting streak from opening fame (1997)
• 3 straight seasons with playing every game
• Golden Glove (2nd baseman)
• All star player (1989, 1992-1996, 1999)

Career statistics

Season	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB/HP	SO	SB	SH	E	AVG
1985	HT Hanshin Tigers The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly...	39	49	10	14	0	2	5	3	0	0	2	.286
1986		8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333
1987		54	53	8	13	1	2	3	9	3	3	1	.245
1988		127	398	57	111	1	20	38	51	17	57	7	.279
1989		129	476	61	141	1	25	46	39	18	41	5	.296
1990		126	496	72	151	8	36	58	59	17	15	9	.304
1991		129	494	50	147	0	34	59	48	9	12	11	.298
1992		132	550	65	153	0	23	41	48	1	15	6	.278
1993		127	511	63	161	0	36	48	35	4	20	2	.315
1994		130	519	76	165	2	43	68	40	8	14	8	.318
1995		130	509	49	136	1	35	48	39	4	12	7	.267
1996		130	520	66	155	5	44	43	48	2	10	7	.298
1997		96	390	51	117	2	26	29	44	2	4	5	.300
1998		130	438	39	119	4	32	46	39	1	11	7	.272
1999		101	334	30	101	3	23	34	29	4	11	2	.302
2000		88	194	19	49	1	20	28	16	3	6	4	.253
2001		37	38	4	5	0	2	6	7	0	0	0	.132
Total		1713	5972	720	1739	29	403	600	554	114	212	83	.291

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