Shigeru Takada
Shigeru Takada is a former general manager of the Yokohama [DeNA BayStars], and former manager of the Hokkaido [Nippon-Ham Fighters] and the Tokyo [Yakult Swallows] in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was previously an outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants and won the 1968 Nippon [Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Central League Rookie of the Year] award.