Toshiaki Imae

Japanese baseball player

Baseball player

Toshiaki Imae

Imae with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 98
Infielder / Manager / Coach
Born: (1983-08-26) 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
| 2006 San Diego | Team

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]

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.

## 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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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

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Japan roster – 2006 World Baseball Classic champions (1st title)

* 1 Akinori Iwamura
* 2 Michihiro Ogasawara
* 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka
* 5 Kazuhiro Wada
* 6 Hitoshi Tamura
* 7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
* 8 Toshiaki Imae
* 9 Tatsuhiko Kinjō
* 10 Shinya Miyamoto
* 11 Naoyuki Shimizu
* 12 Soichi Fujita
* 15 Tomoyuki Kubota
* 17 Kosuke Fukudome
* 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka
* 19 Koji Uehara
* 20 Yasuhiko Yabuta
* 21 Tsuyoshi Wada
* 22 Tomoya Satozaki
* 23 Nori Aoki
* 24 Kyuji Fujikawa
* 25 Takahiro Arai
* 27 Motonobu Tanishige
* 31 Shunsuke Watanabe
* 40 Akinori Otsuka
* 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi
* 47 Toshiya Sugiuchi
* 51 Ichiro Suzuki
* 52 Munenori Kawasaki
* 59 Ryoji Aikawa
* 61 Hirotoshi Ishii
* 61 Takahiro Mahara

* Manager 89 Sadaharu Oh
* Coach 84 Kazuhiro Takeda
* Coach 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji
* Coach 86 Yoshitaka Katori
* Coach 87 Yasunori Oshima
* Coach 88 Sumio Hirota

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Chiba Lotte Marines 2010 Japan Series champions

1 Ikuhiro Kiyota
2 Makoto Imaoka
3 Saburo
6 Tadahito Iguchi
7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
8 Toshiaki Imae (Japan Series MVP)
9 Kazuya Fukuura
10 Shoitsu Omatsu
11 Yuta Omine
12 Yuji Yoshimi
14 Tomohisa Otani
15 Hiroki Ueno
16 Hisao Heiuchi
17 Yoshihisa Naruse
19 Yuki Karakawa
21 Tatsuya Uchi
22 Tomoya Satozaki
25 Naotaka Takehara
27 Takuya Furuya
28 Tomohisa Nemoto
29 Shingo Ono
30 Yoshihiro Ito
31 Shunsuke Watanabe
32 Shunichi Nemoto
39 Masahiko Tanaka
40 Masato Watanabe
41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi
43 Toshio Saito
44 Hayden Penn
46 Hidetaka Kawagoe
48 Akichika Yamada
49 Yasuhiko Yabuta
52 Kim Tae-kyun
55 Takumi Kobe
58 Takeshi Aono
59 Kei Hosoya
65 Ryusuke Minami
66 Yoshifumi Okada
67 Naoki Matoba
69 Bill Murphy

Manager
78 Norifumi Nishimura

Coaches
Bench 76 Michio Aoyama
Hitting 75 Eiji Kanamori
Infield 72 Seiji Kamikawa
Outfield 73 Kenji Morozumi
Pitching 71 Takashi Nishimoto
Bullpen 79 Yuji Inoue
Catching 74 Kiyoshi Yamanaka
Coach 77 Kenji Yoshitsuru

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Japan Series MVP Award

* 1950: Betto
* 1951: Minamimura
* 1952: Bessho
* 1953: Kawakami
* 1954: Sugishita
* 1955: Bessho
* 1956: Toyoda
* 1957: Ohshita
* 1958: Inao
* 1959: Sugiura
* 1960: Kondo
* 1961: Miyamoto
* 1962: Dobashi
* 1962: Tanemo
* 1963: S. Nagashima
* 1964: Stanka
* 1965: S. Nagashima
* 1966: Shibata
* 1967: Mori
* 1968: Takada
* 1969: S. Nagashima
* 1970: S. Nagashima
* 1971: Suetsugu
* 1972: Horiuchi
* 1973: Horiuchi
* 1974: Hirota
* 1975: Yamaguchi
* 1976: Fukumoto
* 1977: Yamada
* 1978: Osugi
* 1979: Takahashi
* 1980: Lyttle
* 1981: Nishimoto
* 1982: Higashio
* 1983: Ota
* 1984: K. Nagashima
* 1985: Bass
* 1986: Kudō
* 1987: Kudō
* 1988: Ishige
* 1989: Komada
* 1990: Destrade
* 1991: Akiyama
* 1992: Take. Ishii
* 1993: Kawasaki
* 1994: Makihara
* 1995: O'Malley
* 1996: Neel
* 1997: Furuta
* 1998: Suzuki
* 1999: Akiyama
* 2000: Matsui
* 2001: Furuta
* 2002: Nioka
* 2003: Sugiuchi
* 2004: Taka. Ishii
* 2005: Imae
* 2006: Inaba
* 2007: N. Nakamura
* 2008: Kishi
* 2009: Abe
* 2010: Imae
* 2011: Kokubo
* 2012: Utsumi
* 2013: Mima
* 2014: Uchikawa
* 2015: Lee
* 2016: Laird
* 2017: Sarfate
* 2018: Kai
* 2019: Gracial
* 2020: Kurihara
* 2021: Y. Nakamura
* 2022: Sugimoto
* 2023: Chikamoto

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