Yutaka Wada

Yutaka Wada (和田 豊) is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi was fired, and Yutaka Wada was giving the position to replace him less than a week later. He is notable for various accomplishments, which include the following:
 * 1500 games played
 * 1500 hits
 * 24 game hitting streak from opening game (1997)
 * 3 straight seasons with playing every game
 * Golden Glove (2nd baseman)
 * All star player (1989, 1992–1996, 1999)