is a Japanese former

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 ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or dr ...

. He played 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 ...

from 1984 to 2001. He won the Eiji Sawamura Award three times, 1989, 1995, and 1996, and he won the

Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award The is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) award given to two outstanding players, one each for the Central League (CL) and Pacific League (PL). Each league's award is voted on by national baseball writers. Each voter selects three pla ...

in 1990.

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1965 births Living people Baseball people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Yomiuri Giants players Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees People from Kawaguchi, Saitama {{japan-baseball-pitcher-stub

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