Atsunori Inaba

Atsunori Inaba
Atsunori Inaba
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 90
	Farm Manager
	Born: August 3, 1972 (age 52); Kitanagoya, Aichi, Japan
	Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
	June 21, 1995, for the Yakult Swallows
Career statistics
Batting average	.286
Home runs	261
Hits	2167
RBIs	1050
Stolen bases	74
Teams
	As player Yakult Swallows (1995–2004); Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2005–2014); As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2013, 2024-present); As manager Japan (2017–2021);
Career highlights and awards
	8× NPB All-Star (1997, 2001, 2007–2012); 5× Best Nine Award (2001, 2006–2009); 5× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2006–2009, 2012); Pacific League batting champion (2007); NPB All-Star Game MVP (2011 Game 3); Japan Series MVP (2006); 4× Japan Series champion (1995, 1997, 2001, 2006);
Medals
Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
Summer Olympics
Asian Baseball Championship

Atsunori Inaba (稲葉篤紀, born August 3, 1972) is a Japanese professional baseball manager, coach and former player. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Japan Series. He is currently the general manager for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League.

After the retirement, he became Japan national baseball team at the 2013 exhibition game against Chinese Taipei,^[1] 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series,^[2] 2015 exhibition game against All Euro,^[3] 2015 WBSC Premier12,^[4] 2016 exhibition game against Chinese Taipei,^[5] 2016 exhibition game against Mexico and Netherlands,^[6] 2017 exhibition game against CPBL All-Stars,^[7] and 2017 World Baseball Classic.^[8]

On July 31, 2017, he became Japan national baseball team manager.^[9] He managed at the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship,^[10] 2018 exhibition game against Australia,^[11] 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup^[12] and 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.^[13]

References

^ "侍ジャパンコーチ決定に関して". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 15, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "侍ジャパントップチームコーチングスタッフについて". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). September 18, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "「GLOBAL BASEBALL MATCH 2015 侍ジャパン対欧州代表」コーチングスタッフについて". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 6, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "「WBSC プレミア12」侍ジャパンコーチ陣を発表！". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 9, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "侍ジャパン強化試合「日本vsチャイニーズ・タイペイ」コーチングスタッフ発表！". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). January 28, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "11月に東京ドームで開催する侍ジャパン強化試合に出場する選手28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 18, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "出場選手". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "「2017 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC™」侍ジャパン出場選手について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). January 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "侍ジャパントップチーム監督に稲葉篤紀氏の就任が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "出場選手 JAPAN". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "出場選手日本代表". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "侍ジャパンU-23代表の監督・コーチが決定「第2回 WBSC U-23ワールドカップ」に出場". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). April 23, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ "出場選手". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
Career statistics - NPB.jp (in Japanese)

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[1] "侍ジャパンコーチ決定に関して". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 15, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[2] "侍ジャパントップチームコーチングスタッフについて". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). September 18, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[3] "「GLOBAL BASEBALL MATCH 2015 侍ジャパン対欧州代表」コーチングスタッフについて". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 6, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[4] "「WBSC プレミア12」侍ジャパンコーチ陣を発表！". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 9, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[5] "侍ジャパン強化試合「日本vsチャイニーズ・タイペイ」コーチングスタッフ発表！". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). January 28, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[6] "11月に東京ドームで開催する侍ジャパン強化試合に出場する選手28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 18, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[7] "出場選手". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[8] "「2017 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC™」侍ジャパン出場選手について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). January 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[9] "侍ジャパントップチーム監督に稲葉篤紀氏の就任が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[10] "出場選手 JAPAN". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[11] "出場選手日本代表". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[12] "侍ジャパンU-23代表の監督・コーチが決定「第2回 WBSC U-23ワールドカップ」に出場". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). April 23, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[13] "出場選手". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

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v t e Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters current roster
Pitchers	12 Kōta Yazawa 13 Tsubasa Nabatame 14 Takayuki Katoh 16 Kōta Tatsu 17 Hiromi Itoh 18 Sachiya Yamasaki 19 Taishō Tamai 20 Kenta Uehara 22 Toshihiro Sugiura 24 Shōma Kanemura 25 Naoki Miyanishi 26 Seigi Tanaka 28 Ryūsei Kawano 29 Haruki Hosono 31 Patrick Murphy 32 Yūta Kuroki 34 Mizuki Hori 40 Suguru Fukuda 41 Bryan Rodriguez 42 Aneurys Zabala 45 Drew VerHagen 46 Kyōsuke Kuroyanagi 47 Kenya Suzuki 48 Yukiya Saitoh 51 Naoya Ishikawa 52 Takahide Ikeda 54 Kanato Anzai 55 Keito Matsuura 57 Kōki Kitayama 59 Haruka Nemoto 60 Yōhei Kagiya 62 Haruki Miyauchi 63 Ryūji Kitaura 67 Takumi Yamamoto 93 Eito Tanaka 94 Ren Fukushima 95 Taisei Yanagawa
Catchers	2 Ariel Martínez 10 Yūshi Shimizu 23 Torai Fushimi 27 Yūdai Furukawa 30 Yūya Gunji 33 Yūya Shintō 64 Yua Tamiya 98 Yūki Umebayashi
Infielders	3 Gōsuke Katoh 4 Daigo Kamikawabata 5 Yūki Nomura 9 Takuya Nakashima 21 Kōtarō Kiyomiya 35 Kōki Fukuda 38 Kazunari Ishii 39 Naoki Arizono 43 Tatsuki Mizuno 44 Uta Sakaguchi 49 Akihiro Wakabayashi 56 Ryōhei Hosokawa 58 Taiki Narama 65 Ryōsuke Myōse
Outfielders	6 Andrew Stevenson 7 Gō Matsumoto 8 Daiki Asama 36 Kazuki Miyazaki 37 Taiga Egoshi 50 Ryōta Isobata 53 Shun Mizutani 61 Yūma Imagawa 66 Chūsei Mannami 68 Hinode Hoshino 99 Franmil Reyes
Development	113 Yamato Katō (P) 114 Ryōdai Matsumoto (P) 115 Shinji Saitoh (P) 126 Terukazu Nakayama (P) 128 Kōdai Yamamoto (P) 137 Ren Kakigi (P) 168 Kōki Matsuoka (P) 196 Sun Yi-Lei (P) 111 Taiki Hamada (IF) 112 Daiju Hirata (OF) 124 Kazuhiro Abe (OF) 125 Taisei Fujita (OF) 127 Ataru Yamaguchi (OF)
First squad coaching	Manager: 1 Tsuyoshi Shinjō Head coach: 77 Takaya Hayashi Pitching coaches: 81 Yoshinori Tateyama, 82 Takeharu Katō, 73 Hisashi Takeda Batting coach: 89 Hiroshi Yagi Battery coach: 72 Katsuhiko Yamada Infield defense/base running coach: 85 Ryōta Yachi Outfield defense/base running coach: 80 Hichori Morimoto Data analysis/Base running coach: 79 Takenori Daita
Second squad coaching	Manager: 90 Atsunori Inaba General pitching coach: 78 Masaji Shimizu Pitching coaches: 84 Takeshi Itoh, 91 Chihiro Kaneko, 83 Hiroshi Urano Batting coaches: 87 Tomoaki Satoh, 75 Tomoyuki Oda Infield defense/base running coach: 74 Manabu Iwadate Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Toshimasa Konta Catcher instructor: Kiyoshi Yamanaka

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Japan
Academics	CiNii