Atsunori_Inaba Knowpia

Atsunori Inaba
Atsunori Inaba
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 90
	Farm Manager
	Born: August 3, 1972 (age 51); 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]

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