was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He played and coached for the

Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...

and the

Nippon Ham Fighters The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a s ...

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

. He died of multiple organ failure in 2015 at the age of 69.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Kazumi 1936 births 2015 deaths Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Nippon Ham Fighters players Yomiuri Giants players Sportspeople from Hiroshima Prefecture Deaths from multiple organ failure