Kenji Tomashino (笘篠 賢治, Tomashino Kenji, born October 11, 1966) is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder/outfielder.[1] His elder brother Seiji is also a professional baseball player.
| Kenji Tomashino | |||||||||||||||
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| Infielder / Outfielder / Coach | |||||||||||||||
| Born: October 11, 1966 Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 12, 1989, for the Yakult Swallows | |||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
| October 11, 1999, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 1999) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .254 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 418 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 105 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen base | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
| As player
As coach | |||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Life
editAfter graduating from high school, Tomashino went on to Chuo University. There he played as an outfielder and was especially useful because he also protected the infield.[2]
At the 1988 draft meeting, Tomashino agreed to join the Tokyo Yakult Swallows with a contract fee of ¥50 million and an annual salary of ¥6 million.[3]
Since 1989, he has been active with his fast feet as a weapon, and participated in the junior all-star game. That year, he was active as a second baseman instead of his main outfielder position and recorded 32 stolen bases and was awarded the Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award.[4] Kozo Shoda of Hiroshima won the title of the base stealing king with 34 bases. The following year, Tomashino's opportunities decreased under the supervision of Katsuya Nomura, and as a result, his first year became his career-high.[5][6]
After his career as a baseball player, he has been a commentator for Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Fuji TV One's PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL NEWS, and TV Shinhiroshima.[7]
Family
editTomashino is married to former talent and idol singer Matsumoto Noriko and the two have three sons.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Kenji Tomashino". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ 橋上秀樹『野村克也に挑んだ13人のサムライたち』株式会社双葉社、2011年、13ページ、ISBN 978-4-575-15371-2
- ^ 朝日新聞、1988年12月2日付朝刊 （23面）
- ^ 年度別成績 1989年 セントラル・リーグ
- ^ 笘篠誠治＆笘篠賢治 兄は黄金時代の貴重なバックアップ、弟は低迷チームの新人王／プロ野球1980年代の名選手 - 野球：週刊ベースボールONLINE
- ^ 栗山英樹(日本ハムファイターズ監督) 小手先の技術より、最後の勝負は「愛」だよ（週刊現代） | 現代ビジネス | 講談社（5/7）
- ^ 2017年には東亜学園高等学校・中央大学で野球部に在籍した長男・笘篠諒太が入社し、メディア本部編成局編成部に在職している（マイナビ2020・入社してから成長が止まらない ! それぞれの役割で活躍中の三人[permanent dead link] - マイナビ。2019年6月30日更新・新卒業生進路 Archived 2017-01-10 at the Wayback Machine：中央大学硬式野球部ホームページ）。
- ^ "３児の母…松本典子が19年ぶりに歌手復帰 - 音楽ニュース". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-02.
External links
edit- Kenji Tomashino at Nippon Professional Baseball
- Kenji Tomashino at Baseball-Reference.com (minor league)
- Kenji Tomashino at Olympics.com
- Kenji Tomashino at Olympedia
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