Takahiro Okada
![Okada with the Orix Buffaloes](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/T-okada.jpg)
He changed his playing name to T-Okada in 2009 to prevent confusion to then-newly hired manager Akinobu Okada. The following season he finished with 33 home runs, the most in Pacific League, so he opted to keep his new name despite Akinobu Okada leaving the team in 2012.
Despite Orix's Japan Series victory in 2022, Okada had one of his lower hitting years, only finishing the year with a .133 batting average and a single home run, while driving in 10 runs in 36 games. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Naoki Oshima, Yoshiyuki Mishima, Kotaro Shibagaki, Kousaku Kawashima, Norihisa Ishimura, Fumiyoshi Ikejiri, Chie Onishi, Takahiro Okada, Masaya Inoue, Ichiro Moriyama, Junji Suzumiya, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Shunji IshiharaGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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