is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi 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 game (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 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
External links Hanshin Tigers website