Toshiya Nakashima (中島俊哉, born June 10, 1980, in

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) is a Japanese professional

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for the

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 ...

in Japan's

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External links

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1980 births Japanese baseball players Living people Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Orix BlueWave players Baseball people from Fukuoka Prefecture People from Chikugo, Fukuoka Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub