Akihisa Makida (牧田明久, born June 3, 1982) is a

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former professional

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and currently second squad coach for the

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles The , often shortened as the , are a baseball team based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It has played in Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League since the team's formation in November 2004. The team is owned by the Internet shopping c ...

of the

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(NPB). He played for the Golden Eagles from 2005 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2016. On October 14, 2019, Makita become second squad fielding coach for the

of NPB.

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1982 births Living people Baseball people from Fukui Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches People from Echizen, Fukui {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub