Mitsutaka Goto (後藤光尊, born July 27, 1978, in

Hachirōgata, Akita is a town located in Akita, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5603 in 2465 households, and a population density of 330 persons per km². The total area is . It is the smallest municipality in Akita Prefecture in terms of surface ...

) is a Japanese former professional

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 ...

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. ...

in Japan's

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

. He played with the Orix BlueWave/Buffaloes and

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 ...

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1978 births Living people Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1998 Asian Games Japanese baseball coaches Japanese baseball players Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball second basemen Nippon Professional Baseball shortstops Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen Orix BlueWave players Orix Buffaloes players Baseball people from Akita Prefecture Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players {{Japan-baseball-infielder-stub