, (born November 15, 1961) is a former 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 of the

Hiroshima Toyo Carp The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...

and

Yakult Swallows The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Yom ...

of Japan's

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. He was born in Aki-ku,

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

. He led his team into two Japan Series and winning one title (1984:Hiroshima and 1997:Yakult).

Career

*1st play on April 7, 1984. *1st hit on April 20, 1984. *1st home run on May 6, 1984. *

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winner (1984). *Greatest number of RBI (1987). *MVP for the Month (June, 1987). *171 HR, 626 RBI, 3997 H, 34 SB. *Hiroshima Carp Batting Coach (2006-).

References

Statistics

External links

Kobayakawa Takehiko official homepage
* 1961 births Living people Baseball people from Hiroshima Hosei University alumni Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Hiroshima Toyo Carp players Yakult Swallows players Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{Japan-baseball-infielder-stub