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 tea ...

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

who won a silver medal in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. 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 Stadi ...

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 consis ...

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