Toshiaki Imae

Toshiaki Imae
Toshiaki Imae
	Imae with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 98
	Infielder / Manager / Coach
	Born: August 26, 1983 (age 40); Kyoto, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 28, 2002, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
Last NPB appearance
	June 28, 2019, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics
Batting average	.283
Hits	1,682
RBI	726
Home runs	108
Stolen bases	32
Teams
	As player Chiba Lotte Marines (2002–2015); Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2016–2019); As manager Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2024–present); As coach Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2020–2023);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Japan Series MVP (2005, 2010); 3× NPB All-Star (2006, 2013, 2018);
Medals
Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic

Toshiaki Imae (今江敏晃, Imae Toshiaki, born August 26, 1983 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball former infielder and current manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Playing career[edit]

Imae won the Most Valuable Player award in both the 2005 and 2010 Japan Series.

He selected 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].^[1]

Coaching career[edit]

On October 17, 2023, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced that Imae would be promoted from hitting coach to manager for the 2024 season, replacing Kazuhisa Ishii.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). August 13, 2018.
^ "Baseball: Imae named new Rakuten manager, Fujimoto leaves Hawks". nippon.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

External links[edit]

Media related to Toshiaki Imae at Wikimedia Commons

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

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[1] "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). August 13, 2018.

[2] "Baseball: Imae named new Rakuten manager, Fujimoto leaves Hawks". nippon.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

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v t e Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster
Pitchers	11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Manny Bañuelos 14 Takahiro Norimoto 17 Takahiro Shiomi 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Kosei Shoji 20 Tomohiro Anraku 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 22 Ryuji Komago 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Koichi Takada 31 Shota Watanabe 38 Hayato Yuge 40 Takuma Uchima 41 Mao Itoh 43 Sung Chia-hao 45 Tomotaka Matsui 46 Shoma Fujihira 47 Masaru Fujii 49 Masaya Nishigaki 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 53 Hosei Takata 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryota Takinaka 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Katsutoshi Tai 60 Ryota Ishibashi 62 Naoto Nishiguchi 64 Yūki Hayashi 68 Shinri Komine 69 Seiryū Uchi 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa 72 Satoshi Miyamori
Catchers	2 Hikaru Ohta 26 Ginjiro Sumitani 44 Takaya Tanaka 55 Yuma Yasuda 65 Kengo Horiuchi 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara
Infielders	0 Hiroto Kobukata 3 Hideto Asamura 4 Toshiki Abe 5 Eigoro Mogi 7 Daichi Suzuki 23 Maikel Franco 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 30 Ryūya Taira 33 Ginji 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 39 Yukiya Itoh 42 Chris Gittens 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 61 Toshitake Yokoo 63 Daiki Irie 66 Itsuki Murabayashi 78 Konosuke Tatsumi
Outfielders	6 Haruki Nishikawa 8 Ryosuke Tatsumi 9 Sōshi Yoshino 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takero Okajima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Ginji Maeda 50 Atsuki Mutoh 51 Yuya Ogo 54 Ren Wada 67 Yuya Shozui
Development players	Pitchers: 001 Tomoki Sato, 004 Shūichirō Hikiji, 007 Yōma Fukumori, 017 Wang Yan-cheng, 130 Kosei Koga, 135 Kotarō Seimiya, 155 Akihiro Takeshita Catchers: 022 Kei Mizugami, 137 Yūto Egawa Infielders: 131 Sotaro Nagata, 138 Estamy Urena, 141 Kiyoharu Sawano Outfielders: 142 Ōzora Yanagisawa, 144 Shō Ōkawara
First squad coaching	Manager: 99 Kazuhisa Ishii Hitting coaches: 84 Yuhei, 93 Taketoshi Goto Pitching coaches: 75 Shinichiro Koyama, 80 Takashi Ishii Battery coach: 82 Naoki Matoba Baserunning coaches: 74 Naoto Watanabe, 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa, 87 Manabu Satake
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Hajime Miki Hitting coaches: 89 Keizo Kawashima, 98 Toshiaki Imae Pitching coaches: 83 Satoshi Nagai, 91 Yuya Kubo Battery coach: 96 Masahiko Tanaka Baserunning coaches: 76 Yoshifumi Okada, 97 Wataru Nishimura Development coaches: 85 Akihisa Makida, 95 Hiroshi Narahara