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Akihiro Yano

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Akihiro Yano
Catcher / Coach / Manager
Born: (1968-12-06) December 6, 1968 (age 55)
Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
August 3, 1991, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last NPB appearance
May 8, 2010, for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
Batting average.274
Hits1347
Home runs112
RBIs570
Teams
As player

As coach

As manager

Career highlights and awards
Last updated on: April 23, 2020
Yano playing for Japan in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Akihiro Yano (矢野 燿大, Yano Akihiro, real name: 矢野 輝弘, born December 6, 1968) is a former Japanese baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He started his career as the Number 2 Draft pick with the Chunichi Dragons in 1991, and played for the Hanshin Tigers from 1998 until his retirement in 2010.

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