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Shigeru Takada is listed as a baseball player. Shigeru Takada was born on July 24, 1945 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. That works out to 81 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Meiji University. The listed height is 173 cm.
My Take
Shigeru Takada was born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1945, grew up in Osaka, came out of Meiji University, and won the Central League Rookie of the Year award in 1968 as an outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants. What makes his record worth pausing on is everything after that: manager of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, and later general manager of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Those are three genuinely different jobs. Playing is about your own body. Managing is about persuading twenty-five other people to act as one on a given afternoon. Running a front office is about the club as an institution, on a timescale where this season may be something you deliberately sacrifice. Plenty of great players never make the first jump, and very few former managers are trusted with the second. Doing all three is not a matter of longevity or of being handed things politely; each step required someone to believe he could think in a new register. That, more than the rookie award, is the career.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shigeru Takada
- Name (Japanese)
- 高田繁
- Reading
- たかだ しげる
- Born
- July 24, 1945 (age 81)
- Origin
- Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 173 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
2. Background
- University
- Meiji University
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru%20Takada
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E7%94%B0%E7%B9%81
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844912
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Shigeru Takada born?
Shigeru Takada was born on July 24, 1945 and is 81 years old.
Where is Shigeru Takada from?
Shigeru Takada is from Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Shigeru Takada do?
Shigeru Takada works as baseball player.
How tall is Shigeru Takada?
Shigeru Takada is 173 cm tall.
Where did Shigeru Takada study?
Shigeru Takada attended Meiji University.
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