is a Japanese

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding ...

catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the catcher ...

who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also played for the

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stad ...

in the

Pacific League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consi ...

from 1998 to 2000.

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* * * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture Keio University alumni Olympic baseball players for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in baseball Kintetsu Buffaloes players Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Japan-baseball-catcher-stub