is a Japanese professional

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for the

Hanshin Tigers The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, next to their main stadium, Hanshin Koshien Stadium. The Tigers are owned by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., ...

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(NPB). He has previously played in MLB for the

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters The are a Japanese professional Baseball in Japan, baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō, in the Sapporo metropolitan area. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the major ...

Career

On October 18, 2022, during the off-season, Watanabe was traded to the

in a two-for-two trade alongside Yuto Takahama, with Yukiya Saitoh, and Taiga Egoshi heading to Hokkaido in return.

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Living people 1995 births Sportspeople from Tsuchiura Baseball people from Ibaraki Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players category:Hanshin Tigers players {{Japan-baseball-bio-stub