Tetsuya Iida

Tetsuya Iida is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. He is best known for his career with the Yakult Swallows. He first joined Yakult in 1986 as the fourth player in the draft. Led by manager Katsuya Nomura, this period became known as the "golden age of Yakult" and Iida gained a reputation as the "poster child for ID baseball". Iida went on to play for the Rakuten Golden Eagles for two years before retiring.
Iida won the Pro Sportsman No.1 twice: first in 1995, as the first tournament winner to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and then in 1999.