Takahiro Ikeyama

Takahiro Ikeyama (池山 隆寛, Ikeyama Takahiro; born December 17, 1965 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder. A slugging shortstop, Ikeyama played for the Yakult Swallows his entire career, from 1984 to 2002.

Takahiro Ikeyama
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 88
Shortstop, Third baseman / Coach
Born: (1965-12-17) December 17, 1965 (age 59) Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
October 9, 1984, for the Yakult Swallows
Last NPB appearance
October 17, 2002, for the Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics (through 2002)
Batting average	.262
Home runs	304
Hits	1,521
Teams
As player Yakult Swallows (1984–2002) As coach Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2006–2009, 2016–2018) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2011–2015, 2020–present)
Career highlights and awards
4× Japan Series champion (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001) 5× Central League Best Nine Award (1988–1990, 1992–1993) 1× Central League Golden Glove Award (1992) 7× NPB All-Star (1988–1992, 1994, 1998)
Last updated on: 9 January 2019

Ikeyama was a five-time Central League Best Nine Award-winner and a seven-time NPB All-Star. He won the 1992 Central League Golden Glove Award.

Ikeyama was part of the Central League-champion Swallows team that lost the 1992 Japan Series to Seibu. He was a member of the 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2001 Swallows squads that won the Japan Series those years.

Some years after retiring as a player, Ikeyama joined the coaching staff of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles; he has been a coach with the Swallows since 2011.

Jim Albright, an expert on Japanese professional baseball, ranks Ikeyama as among the top shortstops in NPB history, on the Swallows' franchise all-star team, on the 1990s Central League all-star team, and on the overall 1990s all-star team.^[1]

See also

• List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters