Motonobu Tanishige

Motonobu Tanishige
Tanishige with the Chunichi Dragons
Catcher / Manager
Born: (1970-12-21) December 21, 1970 (age 53)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 11, 1989, for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Last NPB appearance
September 26, 2015, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics (through 2015)
Batting average	.240
Home runs	229
Hits	2,108
RBI	1,040
Teams
As Player Yokohama Taiyo Whales/Yokohama BayStars (1989–2001) Chunichi Dragons (2002–2015) As Manager Chunichi Dragons (2014–2016)
Career highlights and awards
2x Japan Series Champion (1998, 2007) 5x Central League Champion (1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011) 12x NPB All Star (1993, 1997-2002, 2005, 2012-2014) Best Nine (1998) 6x Golden Glove (1998, 2006-2007, 2009, 2011-2012) Oldest player to appears in All-Star game (43 years 6 months) NPB All-Time Appearance record (3021) NPB Most consecutive seasons with a hit (27 years) NPB Most consecutive seasons with a home run (27 years)
Medals Representing  Japan Men's Baseball World Baseball Classic 2006 San Diego Team

Motonobu Tanishige (Japanese: 谷繁 元信, born December 21, 1970, in Hiroshima) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and manager.

Tanishige played 27 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), appearing in more games than any other player in NPB history.^[1] Making his debut for the Taiyo Whales in 1989 at age 18, he played for the franchise for 13 years. In 2002, he moved to the Chunichi Dragons, where he played for 14 seasons, until 2015. He was the player-manager of the Chunichi Dragons from 2014 to 2015,^[2] staying on as manager in 2016.

Tanishige played in five Japan Series. He played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, when Japan won the championship.