is a professional 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 ...

player. He plays

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 ...

for the

Hanshin Tigers The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...

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1977 births Living people Baseball people from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball catchers Yokohama BayStars players Yomiuri Giants players Yokohama DeNA BayStars players Hanshin Tigers players Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 2002 Asian Games Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Japan-baseball-catcher-stub