Masataka Nashida (Japanese:梨田昌孝, born August 4, 1953, in

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, Japan) is a former

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. As a player, he played for the

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from 1972 to 1988. After playing, he went on to manage three NPB teams. First, Nashida was the final manager of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes before they were dissolved and merged after the 2004 season. He then went on to manage the

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from 2008 to 2011. Finally, he went on to manage the

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, the team created to fill the void left by the Buffaloes merger. He was able to lead the Eagles to their third-ever playoff berth in

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, however he resigned in July the next year when the club dropped to 20 games below a .500 winning percentage. After his resignation, Eagles' coach

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acted as team's interim manager for the remainder of the 2018 season.

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(in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nashida, Masataka 1953 births Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters managers Japanese baseball players Kintetsu Buffaloes players Living people Managers of baseball teams in Japan Nippon Professional Baseball catchers Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes managers People from Hamada, Shimane Baseball people from Shimane Prefecture Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles managers