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Fumitoshi Takano - backup outfielded for the Buffaloes and later the Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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Atsuhiro Motonishi - currently on Marty Brown's staff for Rakuten as the outfield baserunning coach, former Gold Glove winner in 1989 with the Hankyu Braves.
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Kiyoshi Hatsushiba - shockingly has a fairly extensive bio over at the BR Bullpen.
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Kazuya Shibata - played alongside Hideki Okajima for the Honolulu Sharks during the 1996-97 Hawaii Winter Baseball season.
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Syuji [Shuji) Nishiyama - two time Gold Glove winning catcher for the Carp.
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Rodney Pedraza - the Victoria Advocate, newspaper of Victoria, Texas, has a good handle on Rodney that you can read here: Catching Up With Rodney Pedraza
Mischa does some good work over there at Baseball Reference. And, hey, that card he's using looks familiar...
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