Takahiro Ikeyama (池山 隆寛, 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 1984–2002.

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.

Takahiro Ikeyama

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.

Takahiro Ikeyama

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.

Takahiro Ikeyama

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.

See also

List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters

References

External links

1965 births

Living people

Baseball people from Hyōgo Prefecture

Japanese baseball players

Nippon Professional Baseball infielders

Yakult Swallows players

Japanese baseball coaches

Nippon Professional Baseball coaches

Sportspeople from Amagasaki