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Kazuyoshi Tatsunami 立浪和義
Hitting grounders in Chatan, Okinawa, November 6, 2022
Infielder/Manager
Born: (1969-08-19) August 19, 1969 (age 55) Settsu, Osaka
Batted: Left Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 8, 1988, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last NPB appearance
24 October, 2009, for the Chunichi Dragons
Career statistics (through 2009 season)
Batting average	.285
Hits	2,480
Home runs	171
Runs batted in	1,037

Teams
As player Chunichi Dragons (1988–2009) As coach Chunichi Dragons (2008–2009) As manager Chunichi Dragons (2022–2024)
Career highlights and awards
Japan Series Champion (2007) Central League Rookie of the Year (1988) 2× Best Nine Award (2B: 1996, 3B: 2004) 5× Golden Glove Award (SS: 1988, 2B: 1995-1997, 3B: 2003) 11× NPB All-Star (1988, 1991, 1994-1998, 2000, 2002-2004) 2× Most runs scored (1991, 1994) Most times on base (1996) Hit for the cycle (22 August 1997 vs Hanshin Tigers at Nagoya Dome)
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2019

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (立浪和義, Tatsunami Kazuyoshi, born August 19, 1969) is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and manager. He played in NPB for the Dragons from 1988 to 2009. He was drafted in the first round in the 1987 NPB Draft.

Career

Playing career

Tatsunami holds the all-time NPB double record with 487, and is a member of the Meikyukai (Association of Great Players, or Golden Players Club).

After the 2009 season, Tatsunami retired, having seen his skills and playing time diminish for the last few seasons. He retired with a career .285 batting average, 171 home runs, 1,037 RBI, and 2,480 hits.

On 15 January 2019, Tatsunami was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame for his achievements as a player.^[1]

Coaching career

On 13 October 2021, it was confirmed that Tatsunami has been approached to become the new manager of the Chunichi Dragons ahead of the 2022 NPB season.^[2] On 18 September 2024, Tatsunami announced that he would be resigning following the season after lackluster results with the team.^[3]

References

^ "Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Hiroshi Gondo and Haruo Wakimura elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame". Japan Times. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "中日が立浪和義さんに監督就任要請 "ミスタードラゴンズ"に再建託す与田監督は今季限りで辞任" [Chunichi calls on Kazuyoshi Tatsunami to become new manager. "Mister Dragons to lead rebuild", Manager Yoda to leave position at end of season.]. Chunichi Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "Manager Chunichi Tatsnami will retire this season "It is natural to take responsibility" He fell to the bottom of the day for the second consecutive year until last year". news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

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Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

Chunichi Dragons managers

Yutaka Ikeda (1936)
Kaishi Masu (1937)
Kaishi Masu (1938–1939)
Tokuro Konishi (1939–1941)
Chikayoshi Honda (1941–1942)
Kaishi Masu (1943)
Daisuke Miyake (1944)
Yoshikazu Takeuchi (1946)
Kiyoshi Sugiura (1946–1948)
Shunichi Amachi (1949–1951)
Michinoru Tsubouchi (1952–1953)
Shunichi Amachi (1954)
Akira Noguchi (1955–1956)
Shunichi Amachi (1957–1958)
Wataru Nōnin (1960–1962)
Kiyoshi Sugiura (1963–1964)
Michio Nishizawa (1964–1967)
Shigeru Sugishita (1968)
Itsurō Honda (1968)
Shigeru Mizuhara (1969–1971)
Wally Yonamine (1972–1977)
Toshio Naka (1978–1980)
Sadao Kondō (1981–1983)
Kazuhiro Yamauchi (1984–1986)
Morimichi Takagi (1986)
Senichi Hoshino (1987–1991)
Morimichi Takagi (1992–1995)
Sadayuki Tokutake (1995)
Ikuo Shimano (1995)
Senichi Hoshino (1996–2001)
Hisashi Yamada (2002–2003)
Kyosuke Sasaki (2003)
Hiromitsu Ochiai (2004–2011)
Morimichi Takagi (2012–2013)
Motonobu Tanishige (2014–2016)
Shigekazu Mori (2016–2018)
Tsuyoshi Yoda (2019–2021)
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (2022–present)

Central League Rookie of the Year Award

1950: Oshima
1951: Matsuda
1952: T. Sato
1953: M. Gondo
1954: Hirooka
1955: Nishimura
1956: Akiyama
1957: M. Fujita
1958: Nagashima
1959: Kuwata
1960: Horimoto
1961: H. Gondo
1962: Jōnouchi
1963: None
1964: S. Takahashi
1965: None
1966: Horiuchi
1967: Takegami
1968: Takada
1969: Tabuchi
1970: Yazawa
1971: Sekimoto
1972: Yasuda
1973: None
1974: Fujinami
1975: None
1976: Tao
1977: Saito
1978: Sumi
1979: Fujisawa
1980: Okada
1981: Hara
1982: Tsuda
1983: Makihara
1984: Kobayakawa
1985: Kawabata
1986: Nagatomi
1987: Arai
1988: Tatsunami
1989: Tomashino
1990: Yoda
1991: Morita
1992: Kuji
1993: Ito
1994: Yabu
1995: Yamauchi
1996: Nishi
1997: Sawazaki
1998: Kawakami
1999: Uehara
2000: Kinjoh
2001: Akahoshi
2002: Ishikawa
2003: Kisanuki
2004: Kawashima
2005: Aoki
2006: Soyogi
2007: Uezono
2008: Yamaguchi
2009: Matsumoto
2010: Chōno
2011: Sawamura
2012: Nomura
2013: Ogawa
2014: Ohsera
2015: Yamasaki
2016: Takayama
2017: Kyoda
2018: Azuma
2019: M. Murakami
2020: Morishita
2021: Kuribayashi
2022: Taisei
2023: S. Murakami
2024: Funabasama

v t e Members of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
1950s inductees	Matsutarō Shōriki (1959) Hiroshi Hiraoka (1959) Yukio Aoi (1959) Shin Hashido (1959) Kiyoshi Oshikawa (1959) Jiro Kuji (1959) Eiji Sawamura (1959) Iso Abe (1959)
1960s inductees	Victor Starffin (1960) Yutaka Ikeda (1962) Haruyasu Nakajima (1963) Tadashi Wakabayashi (1964) Masaru Kageura (1965) Tetsuharu Kawakami (1965) Tsunetaro Moriyama (1966) Kazuto Tsuruoka (1969)
1970s inductees	Shunichi Amachi (1970) Nobuaki Nidegawa (1970) Shuichi Ishimoto (1972) Sadayoshi Fujimoto (1974) Fumio Fujimura (1974) Hideo Fujimoto (1976) Shigeru Mizuhara (1977) Michio Nishizawa (1977) Kenjiro Matsuki (1978) Shinji Hamazaki (1978) Takehiko Bessho (1979)
1980s inductees	Hiroshi Ohshita (1980) Makoto Kozuru (1980) Shigeru Chiba (1980) Tokuji Iida (1981) Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (1981) Osamu Mihara (1983) Shinji Kirihara (1984) Shigeru Sugishita (1985) Katsumi Shiraishi (1985) Atsushi Aramaki (1985) Takeo Akuta (1988) Shigeo Nagashima (1988) Kaoru Bettou (1988) Masaichi Nagata (1988) Saburo Yokozawa (1988) Yukio Nishimoto (1988) Masaichi Kaneda (1988) Hidenosuke Shima (1989) Katsuya Nomura (1989) Jiro Noguchi (1989)
1990s inductees	Juzo Sanada (1990) Isao Harimoto (1990) Shigeru Makino (1991) Osamu Tsutsui (1991) Kichiro Shimaoka (1991) Tatsuro Hirooka (1992) Michinori Tsubouchi (1992) Masao Yoshida (1992) Yoshio Yoshida (1992) Kazuhisa Inao (1993) Minoru Murayama (1993) Sadaharu Oh (1994) Wally Yonamine (1994) Shosei Go (1995) Tadashi Sugiura (1995) Tokichiro Ishii (1995) Motoshi Fujita (1996) Sachio Kinugasa (1996) Katsuo Osugi (1997) Futoshi Nakanishi (1999) Yoshinori Hirose (1999) Takeshi Koba (1999) Sadao Kondo (1999)
2000s inductees	Tetsuya Yoneda (2000) Rikuo Nemoto (2001) Masaaki Koyama (2001) Kazuhiro Yamauchi (2002) Keishi Suzuki (2002) Yutaka Fukumoto (2002) Kenjiro Tamiya (2002) Lefty O'Doul (2002) Masaoka Shiki (2002) Toshiharu Ueda (2003) Junzo Sekine (2003) Horace Wilson (2003) Sakae Suzuka (2003) Akira Ogi (2004) Noboru Akiyama (2004) Choji Murata (2005) Masaaki Mori (2005) Masayori Shimura (2005) Hiromitsu Kadota (2006) Morimichi Takagi (2006) Hisashi Yamada (2006) Yasumitsu Toyoda (2006) Hiromori Kawashima (2006) Takao Kajimoto (2007) Reiichi Matsunaga (2007) Koji Yamamoto (2008) Tsuneo Horiuchi (2008) Tsutomu Wakamatsu (2009) Seiichi Shima (2008)
2010s inductees	Osamu Higashio (2010) Hiromitsu Ochiai (2011) Mutsuo Minagawa (2011) Manabu Kitabeppu (2012) Tsunemi Tsuda (2012) Yutaka Ohno (2013) Hideo Nomo (2014) Koji Akiyama (2014) Kazuhiro Sasaki (2014) Atsuya Furuta (2015) Kihachi Enomoto (2016) Kimiyasu Kudoh (2016) Masaki Saito (2016) Tsutomu Ito (2017) Masaji Hiramatsu (2017) Senichi Hoshino (2017) Hideki Matsui (2018) Tomoaki Kanemoto (2018) Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (2019) Hiroshi Gondoh (2019)
2020s inductees	Koichi Tabuchi (2020) Kazuo Sayama (2021) Katsuji Kawashima (2021) Shigeyoshi Matsumae (2022) Shingo Takatsu (2022) Masa Yamamoto (2022) Alex Ramírez (2023) Randy Bass (2023) Yūji Koseki (2023)

Japan roster – 2013 World Baseball Classic

Manager 88 Koji Yamamoto
Coach 75 Hideki Hashigami
Coach 78 Osamu Higashio
Coach 99 Masataka Nashida
Coach 73 Koichi Ogata
Coach 63 Nobuhiro Takashiro
Coach 81 Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
Coach 92 Tsuyoshi Yoda

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