(born August 30, 1972 in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

) 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 ...

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

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, ...

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* * 1972 births Living people Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Olympic baseball players of Japan Olympic medalists in baseball Olympic silver medalists for Japan {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub