Motonobu Tanishige

Tanishige with the Chunichi Dragons

Chunichi Dragons – No. 27

Catcher / Manager

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut

April 11, 1989, for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales

NPB statistics
(through 2015)

Batting average

.240

Home runs

229

RBI

1040

Teams

As Player

Yokohama Taiyo Whales/Yokohama BayStars (1989–2001)
Chunichi Dragons (2002–2015)

As Manager

Chunichi Dragons (2014–present)

Career highlights and awards

All Star, 2002
Gold Glove, 2006, 2007

Motonobu Tanishige
Medal record

Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
	2006 San Diego	Team

Motonobu Tanishige (谷繁元信, born December 21, 1970, in Hiroshima) is the current manager for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was the Dragons' player-manager from 2014 to 2015.^[1]

Through 2015, Tanishige has played 27 seasons in NPB. Making his debut for the Taiyo Whales in 1989 at age 18, he played for the Whales/BayStars franchise for 13 years. Moving to the Dragons in 2002, through 2015 he has played for that franchise for 14 seasons. He has played in five Japan Series, and one World Baseball Classic, in 2006, when Japan won the championship.

Tanishge performed well in the 2004 Japan Series (which the Dragons lost 4-games-to-3 to the Seibu Lions), including hitting his first career grand slam.

In 2015, Tanishige broke the NPB record for games played, passing Katsuya Nomura with 3,018^[2] — he has since extended the record. Tanishige is second on the career strikeout list with 1,838. With more than 200 career home runs, Tanshige is a member of Meikyukai.

References

↑ Graczyk, Wayne. "Tanishige to become rare player-manager for Dragons." 19 October 2013: The Japan Times.
↑ "Dragons’ Tanishige plays in NPB record 3,018th game," Japan Times (July 28, 2015).

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

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

Chunichi Dragons current roster

First squad	00 Anderson Hernández 2 Masahiro Araki 3 Shuhei Takahashi 4 Atsushi Fujii 6 Ryosuke Hirata 8 Yohei Oshima 12 Shinji Tajima 16 Katsuki Matayoshi 21 Toshiya Okada 22 Yudai Ono 23 Issei Endō 24 Koji Fukutani 25 Yuta Muto 29 Daisuke Yamai 34 Hiroto Fuku 40 Iori Katsura 45 Shota Sugiyama 52 Shingo Takeyama 54 Drew Naylor 56 Yusuke Matsui 57 Ryuya Ogawa 60 Ricardo Nanita 61 Shunta Wakamatsu 62 Takahito Kudo 63 Naomichi Donoue 64 Ryosuke Oguma 66 Dayán Viciedo 70 Tetsuya Tani

Second squad	1 Shota Tomonaga 5 Toshiki Abe 7 Masahiko Morino 9 Shun Ishikawa 11 Shinnosuke Ogasawara 13 Hitoki Iwase 14 Yuu Satoh 17 Yudai 18 Shota Suzuki 19 Kazuki Yoshimi 20 Ryosuke Nomura 26 Masataka Iryo 28 Shinji Iwata 30 Takuma Achira 31 Kei Nomoto 32 Kentaro Nishikawa 33 Daisuke Sobue 35 Takuya Kinoshita 36 Ryota Ishioka 37 Taiki Mitsumata 38 Masato Matsui 39 Takuma Kato 41 Takuya Asao 42 Juan Jaime 43 Tatsuro Hamada 44 Raúl Valdés 46 Takeru Furumoto 47 Tomohiro Hamada 48 Hayato Mizowaki 50 Takeshi Kaneko 51 Masashi Yamamoto 53 Kyohei Kamezawa 55 Nobumasa Fukuda 58 Tomoya Yagi 59 Shota Oba 65 Junki Ito 68 Ryuichiro Akada 69 Kazuyuki Akasaka 99 Jordan Norberto 201 Takahiro Kawasaki (Trainee) 202 Junki Kishimoto (Trainee) 203 Seiya Nakagawa (Trainee) 205 Shu Yoshida (Trainee) 206 Takuya Mitsuma (Trainee) 207 Masaru Fujiyoshi (Trainee) 208 Mikihiro Nishihama (Trainee) 210 Kaito Goya (Trainee) 211 Kodai Ishigaki (Trainee) 212 Masaru Watanabe (Trainee) 213 Hiroki Kondoh (Trainee) 215 Hitoshi Tamura (Trainee)

First squad coaching	Manager: 27 Motonobu Tanishige Head coach: 80 Shigekazu Mori Pitching coaches: 81 Yui Tomori, 76 Shinichi Kondoh Hitting coaches: 75 Hideji Katō, 79 Ikki Shimamura, 84 Kazuo Hayakawa Fielding coaches: 77 Hiroyuki Watanabe, 72 Takahiro Saeki Fielding/Baserunning coach: 89 Hidenori Kuramoto Battery coach: 73 Masatoshi Ogawa Conditioning coaches: 92 Kosei Katsuzaki, 93 Takemi Miyamae

Second squad coaching	Manager: 82 Michihiro Ogasawara Pitching coaches: 87 Ikuo Takayama, 86 Takashi Ogasawara, 74 Akinori Otsuka, 97 Kenta Asakura Hitting coaches: 71 Toshio Haru, 88 Hideki Takayanagi, 83 Kosuke Matsuoka Fielding coaches: 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji, 84 Kazuo Hayakawa Fielding/Baserunning coach: 78 Kiyoyuki Nagashima Battery coach: 90 Yoshio Koyama Conditioning coaches: 91 Hiroto Mizuno, 95 Hiroshi Tsukamoto, 94 Ichiro Kitano, 96 Kenji Imaeda

Japan 2006 World Baseball Classic Champions Roster (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 Kinjoh 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 Norichika 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／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

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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