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Jun 27, 1956 Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan 67 years old
Japanese baseball player
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About Takashi Nishimoto
- Takashi Nishimoto (?? ?, Nishimoto Takashi, born June 27, 1956) is a Japanese baseball coach and retired pitcher.
- He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants, Chunichi Dragons, and Orix Blue Wave from 1976 through 1993. In 1981, Nishimoto won the Eiji Sawamura Award.
- Winning the 1981 Japan Series, he was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player.Nishimoto won seven straight Gold Glove Awards from 1979 through 1985.
- He won the Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1989. After his retirement as a player, Nishimoto coached for the Hanshin Tigers and the Chiba Lotte Marines.
- In 2013, he coached the Orix Buffaloes.His brother, Akikazu Nishimoto, played in NPB.
