Mitsuru Manaka

Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 77

Outfielder / Manager

Born: January 6, 1971
Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan

Batted: Left

Threw: Left

NPB debut

September 3, 1993, for the Yakult Swallows

Last NPB appearance

October 12, 2008, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows

NPB statistics
(through 2002)

Batting average

.286

Home runs

Hits

1122

Teams

As player

Yakult Swallows/Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1993–2008)

As manager

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2015-present)

As coach

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2009–2014)

Career highlights and awards

Japan Series champion (1993), (1995), (1997), (2001)
1x NPB All-Star (2001)

Last update: 19 January 2014

Mitsuru Manaka (真中満, born January 6, 1971 in Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. On October 8, 2014, he was named manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, replacing Junji Ogawa. Manaka had previously been managing the Swallows' farm team.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/10/08/baseball/japanese-baseball/swallows-name-manaka-manager/#.VKt-q3ukqSo

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster

Active roster	0 Wataru Hiyane 1 Tetsuto Yamada 2 Keiji Obiki 3 Naomichi Nishiura 4 Wladimir Balentien 5 Shingo Kawabata 7 Hiroyasu Tanaka 8 Shinichi Takeuchi 9 Yasushi Iihara 10 Ryosuke Morioka 12 Taichi Ishiyama 13 Luis Pérez 14 Ryo Akiyoshi 16 Juri Hara 17 Yoshihisa Naruse 18 Toshihiro Sugiura 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Tetsuya Yamamoto 21 Kenichi Matsuoka 22 Shingo Takeshita 24 Takahiro Araki 25 Shohei Tateyama 26 Kentaro Kyuko 28 Masahiko Tanaka 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 30 Akihisa Nishida 31 Kotaro Yamasaki 32 Ren Kazahari 33 Kazuhiro Hatakeyama 34 Kyle Davies 35 Kengo Tagawa 36 Taishi Hirooka 37 Yudai Hoshino 38 Tetsuya Terada 39 Yusaku Nakamoto 40 Masato Furuno 41 Yuhei 42 Tomotaka Sakaguchi 43 Kyohei Muranaka 44 Keiji Iwahashi 45 Hiroaki Dohi 46 Ryota Yachi 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Julius Higuma 49 Daiki Watanabe 50 Tsuyoshi Ueda 51 Ryota Fujii 52 Yuhei Nakamura 53 Josh Lueke 54 Masato Nakazawa 55 Koji Yamakawa 56 Nobuyuki Okumura 57 Jun Matsui 58 Logan Ondrusek 59 Takahiro Imanami 60 Masayoshi Miwa 61 Yuto Koyama 62 Takeaki Tokuyama 63 Suguru Ino 64 Ryohei Kiya 65 Izumi Hara 66 Nagisa Arakaki 68 Hirofumi Yamanaka 69 Ryuhei Kawakami 70 Ryosuke Yagi 91 Atsushi Ugumori 111 Shogo Nakashima (Trainee) 121 Yoshinori (Trainee) 167 Ryo Hirai (Trainee)

Coaching staff	Manager and head coach 77 Mitsuru Manaka

Nippon Professional Baseball managers by team
Central League	Pacific League
Motonobu Tanishige (Chunichi Dragons)	Tsutomu Ito (Chiba Lotte Marines)
Tomoaki Kanemoto (Hanshin Tigers)	Kimiyasu Kudoh (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks)
Koichi Ogata (Hiroshima Toyo Carp)	Hideki Kuriyama (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters)
Mitsuru Manaka (Tokyo Yakult Swallows)	Junichi Fukura (Orix Buffaloes)
Alex Ramírez (Yokohama DeNA BayStars)	Norio Tanabe (Saitama Seibu Lions)
Yoshinobu Takahashi (Yomiuri Giants)	Masataka Nashida (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles)
Defunct teams:

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