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Toshiaki Imae
Toshiaki Imae
	Imae with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 98
	Infielder / Manager / Coach
	Born: August 26, 1983 (age 40); Kyoto, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 28, 2002, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
Last NPB appearance
	June 28, 2019, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics
Batting average	.283
Hits	1,682
RBI	726
Home runs	108
Stolen bases	32
Teams
	As player Chiba Lotte Marines (2002–2015); Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2016–2019); As manager Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2024–present); As coach Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2020–2023);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Japan Series MVP (2005, 2010); 3× NPB All-Star (2006, 2013, 2018);
Medals
Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic

Toshiaki Imae (今江敏晃, Imae Toshiaki, born August 26, 1983 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball former infielder and current manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Playing career edit

Imae won the Most Valuable Player award in both the 2005 and 2010 Japan Series.

He selected 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].^[1]

On October 17, 2023, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced that Imae would be promoted from hitting coach to manager for the 2024 season, replacing Kazuhisa Ishii.^[2]

^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). August 13, 2018.
^ "Baseball: Imae named new Rakuten manager, Fujimoto leaves Hawks". nippon.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.