was a professional Japanese

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

player, coach, and manager. He was elected to the

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame The , commonly known outside of Japan as the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, is a hall of fame and museum in Tokyo dedicated to professional baseball, with a prominent focus on professional baseball in Japan. The Hall is intended to honor and co ...

in 2004.

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1935 births 2005 deaths People from Nakama, Fukuoka Baseball people from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Nishitetsu Lions players Managers of baseball teams in Japan Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes managers Orix BlueWave managers Orix Buffaloes managers {{Japan-baseball-infielder-stub