Takao Obana

Takao Obana 尾花高夫

Pitcher / Manager / Coach
Born: (1957-08-07) August 7, 1957 (age 66) Kudoyama, Wakayama
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 22, 1978, for the Yakult Swallows
Last appearance
October 16, 1991, for the Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics
Win–loss	112–135
ERA	3.82
Strikeouts	1,225

Teams
As player Yakult Swallows (1978–1991) As manager Yokohama BayStars (2010–2011) As coach Chiba Lotte Marines (1995–1996) Yakult Swallows (1997–1998) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks / Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1999–2005) Yomiuri Giants (2006–2009, 2013–2017) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2021–2023)

Takao Obana (尾花高夫 Obana Takao, born August 7, 1957, in Kudoyama, Wakayama) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher and coach. Takao was the Yakult Swallows's fourth pick in the 1978 draft and played the entirety of his 14-year career with the team. He was also the manager of the Yokohama BayStars, the pitching coach for the Swallows, the Chiba Lotte Marines, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and the Yomiuri Giants.^[1]

His daughter Kie is a model.

References

^ "BayStars turn rudder over to Obana". The Daily Yomiuri. November 12, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.^{[dead link]}

v t e Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster
Pitchers	12 Taichi Ishiyama 14 Kōta Nishidate 15 Hikaru Yamashita 16 Juri Hara 17 Noboru Shimizu 18 Yasunobu Okugawa 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Naofumi Kizawa 21 Kōjirō Yoshimura 24 Tomoya Hoshi 26 Taichi Yamano 28 Kengo Matsumoto 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 34 Kazuto Taguchi 35 Yuki Ishihara 37 Elvin Rodríguez 39 José Espada 40 Hirotoshi Takanashi 41 Daichi Shibata 43 Daiki Yamamoto 44 Hiroki Ohnishi 45 Reiji Kozawa 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Yuto Kanakubo 49 Shinya Kayama 52 Yūya Onaka 53 Hiroki Hasegawa 54 Cy Sneed 56 Takumi Sakamoto 58 Kosuke Sakaguchi 61 Tetsu Miyagawa 62 Hyuga Takeyama 68 Shōta Maruyama 69 Ryuta Konno 99 Miguel Yajure
Catchers	27 Yuhei Nakamura 30 Akihisa Nishida 32 Naoki Matsumoto 33 Sōma Uchiyama 57 Yudai Koga 65 Kyo Suzuki
Infielders	00 Yoshihiro Akahane 1 Tetsuto Yamada 5 Shingo Kawabata 7 Hideki Nagaoka 10 Takeshi Miyamoto 13 José Osuna 36 Ruito Nishimura 38 Takumi Kitamura 46 Kengo Ohta 50 Keigo Kitamura 55 Munetaka Murakami 59 Kōtarō Komori 60 Ryusei Takeoka 63 Shu Masuda 66 Taiki Mitsumata 67 Ryūi Ito
Outfielders	0 Hidetaka Namiki 3 Haruki Nishikawa 4 Kazuya Maruyama 9 Yasutaka Shiomi 23 Norichika Aoki 25 Domingo Santana 31 Kotaro Yamasaki 42 Ren Sawai 51 Taiki Hamada
Development pitchers	012 Hiroki Kondoh 013 Kōta Katekaru 015 Shōhei Numata 019 Shinnosuke Shimo
Development catchers	023 Seiya Hashimoto 023 Felipe
Development infielders	026 Sōta Takano
Development outfielders	024 Yukihiro Iwata
First squad coaching	Manager: 22 Shingo Takatsu Head / Battery coach: 73 Motohiro Shima Pitching coaches: 89 Tomohito Ito, 98 Hirotoshi Ishii Chief Hitting coach: 78 Shoitsu Omatsu Hitting coaches: 74 Shigeru Sugimura, 87 Masakazu Fukukawa Infield defense and base running coach: 75 Ryosuke Morioka Outfield defense and base running / Strategy coach: 82 Yuichi Matsumoto
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Takahiro Ikeyama Chief coach: 79 Noriyuki Shiroishi Pitching coaches: 81 Itsuki Shoda, 72 Chikara Onodera, 84 Kenichi Matsuoka Hitting coaches: 76 Ryuji Miyade, 85 Kazuhiro Hatakeyama Outfield defense and base running coach: 70 Yusuke Kawada Battery coach: 83 Atsushi Kinugawa Infield defense and base running / Development chief coach: 95 Katsuyuki Dobashi Development pitching coach: 92 Tetsuya Yamamoto

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