was a

Japanese baseball Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s. The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which ...

player and manager. He played for the

Mainichi Orions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. History The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...

from 1950 to 1955. As a manager he won eight

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pennants. However his clubs would never go on to win the

Japan Series The Japan Series ( , officially the Japan Championship Series, ), also the Nippon Series, :File:2014_JS_logo.png is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a best-of-seven series ...

, earning him the nickname "Great Tragic Leader". Nishimoto was inducted into the

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame The is a museum which includes a library, reference rooms and . It first opened in 1959 next door to Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. In 1988, the museum moved to a new site within the Tokyo Dome. The Hall of Fame and Museum was created as a ...

in 1988. He died of heart failure on 25 November 2011 aged 91.Hall of Fame manager Nishimoto dies at 91
'The Daily Yomiuri'', 26 November 2011

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Yukio Nishimoto
career statistics at yakyubaka.com 1920 births 2011 deaths Baseball people from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese baseball players Mainichi Orions players Managers of baseball teams in Japan Chiba Lotte Marines managers Orix Buffaloes managers Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes managers Sportspeople from Wakayama (city) {{japan-baseball-bio-stub