Takashi Miwa (三輪隆, born December 1, 1969) is a former professional

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player from Chiba, Japan. He was drafted by the

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in the second round of the 1993 amateur draft, and played with the team until 2004. He was the team representative for the BlueWave in the Japanese baseball players union during the 2004 Japanese baseball strike. He won a bronze medal in the

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before entering the Japanese professional leagues.

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