Mitsuru Manaka

Mitsuru Manaka
Mitsuru Manaka
	Outfielder / Manager
	Born: January 6, 1971; Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
NPB debut
	September 3, 1993, for the Yakult Swallows
Last NPB appearance
	October 12, 2008, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics ; (through 2008)
Batting average	.286
Home runs	54
Hits	1122
RBI	335
Stolen base	64
Teams
	As player Yakult Swallows/Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1993–2008); As manager Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2015–2017); As coach Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2009–2014);
Career highlights and awards
	Japan Series champion (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001); 1× NPB All-Star (2001);
	Last updated on: 9 May 2020

Mitsuru Manaka (真中満, born January 6, 1971, in Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. On October 8, 2014, he was named manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, replacing Junji Ogawa. Manaka had previously been managing the Swallows' farm team.^[1]

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