Yutaka Wada

Yutaka Wada (和田 豊?, born September 2, 1962 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan) is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi was fired, and Yutaka Wada was giving the position to replace him less than a week later. He is notable for various accomplishments, which include the following:

• 1500 games played
• 1500 hits
• 24 game hitting streak from opening game (1997)
• 3 straight seasons with playing every game
• Golden Glove (2nd baseman)
• All star player (1989, 1992-1996, 1999)