Manabu Mima

Manabu Mima (美馬 学, born September 19, 1986) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Manabu Mima
Mima with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 15
Pitcher
Born: (1986-09-19) September 19, 1986 (age 38) Kitasōma District, Ibaraki
Bats: Left Throws: Right
debut
April 13, 2011, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics (through March 31, 2022)
Win–loss	67-72
Earned run average	3.93
Strikeouts	885
Teams
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2011–2019) Chiba Lotte Marines (2020–present)
Career highlights and awards
Japan Series champion (2013) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award (2013) NPB All-Star (2019)

Career

Mima attended Fujishiro High School and Chuo University. Mima pitched for Tokyo Gas in the industrial leagues after college. The Rakuten Golden Eagles chose him in the second round of the 2010 NPB draft. He then joined the Japanese national baseball team for the 2010 Asian Games. Mima's repertoire includes a slider, forkball, curveball, shuuto (two-seamer), and a fastball (tops out at 95 mph). He debuted on April 13, 2011, tossing a scoreless 8th to preserve a 5–1 lead over the Chiba Lotte Marines.

In the 2013 season, Mima had a 6–5 win–loss record and a 4.12 earned run average.^[1] Mima was the winning pitcher in Games 3 and 7 of the 2013 Japan Series, and was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player (MVP).^[2]

On November 25, 2019, Mima signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines.^[3]

Personal life

His wife is Japanese singer Anna.