is a retired 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 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 ...

. He previously worked as a hitting

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for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager

Akinobu Mayumi is the former manager (baseball), manager for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. After serving 3 seasons (2009–2011) with the team, he was released in October after failing to make the 2011 play-offs. He ...

was fired, and Yutaka Wada was giving the position to replace him less than a week later. He is notable for various accomplishments, which include the following: * 1500 games played * 1500 hits * 24 game hitting streak from opening game (1997) * 3 straight seasons with playing every game * Golden Glove (2nd baseman) * All star player (1989, 1992–1996, 1999)

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External links

Hanshin Tigers website
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