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Masahiro Tanaka (田中 将大, Tanaka Masahiro, born November 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees .
Masahiro Tanaka (田中 昌宏, Tanaka Masahiro, born September 28, 1954) is a former Japanese baseball first baseman and outfielder. Early life.
The Matsuzaka Generation (松坂世代, Matsuzaka Sedai) is a term used to collectively describe the (usually Japanese) baseball players that belong to former Chunichi Dragons and Saitama Seibu Lions starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's age group. [1]
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A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
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Masahiro Tanaka (田中 将大, born 1988), Japanese baseball player Tokitsuumi Masahiro ( 時津海 正博 , born 1973) , Japanese sumo wrestler Masahiro Usui ( 碓井 将大 , born 1991) , Japanese actor
Matsuzaka was born on September 13, 1980, in Koto Ward, [9] He was named after Japanese high school star pitcher Daisuke Araki. [10] Growing up in Koto, Tokyo, he studied kendo from the age of five to nine and began playing organized baseball when he was in third grade.