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Baseball player

Takero Okajima
Okajima with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 27
catcher / outfielder
Born: (1989-09-07) September 7, 1989 (age 35)
Bats: LeftThrows: Right
NPB debut
June 20, 2012, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Career statistics (through 2023 season)
Batting average	.258
Hits	796
Home runs	40
Runs batted in	305
Stolen base	41

Teams
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2012–present)
Career highlights and awards
1× Japan Series champion (2013)

Takero Okajima (岡島豪郎, Okajima Takerō, born September 7, 1989, in Ōra District, Gunma) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
"Okajima, Takero", Nippon Professional Baseball

v t e Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster
Pitchers	11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Cody Ponce 14 Takahiro Norimoto 17 Tatsuki Koja 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Kōsei Shōji 20 Nik Turley 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 22 Ryūji Komago 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Kōichi Takada 31 Shōta Watanabe 38 Hayato Yuge 40 Shūto Sakurai 41 Mao Itoh 43 Sung Chia-hao 45 Tomotaka Matsui 46 Shōma Fujihira 47 Masaru Fujii 49 Masaya Nishigaki 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 53 Haruto Sakai 54 Naoki Hinata 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryōta Takinaka 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Katsutoshi Tai 61 Takuma Matsuda 64 Yūki Hayashi 67 Seiya Ōuchi 69 Seiryū Uchi 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa 72 Satoshi Miyamori 79 Kotarō Seimiya
Catchers	2 Hikaru Ohta 44 Takaya Tanaka 55 Yūma Yasuda 65 Kengo Horiuchi 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara
Infielders	0 Hiroto Kobukata 3 Hideto Asamura 4 Toshiki Abe 5 Eigorō Mogi 7 Daichi Suzuki 23 Maikel Franco 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 30 Ryūya Taira 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 39 Yukiya Itoh 42 Haruka Yamada 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 60 Rikai Waters 63 Daiki Irie 66 Itsuki Murabayashi 68 Takumi Aono 78 Kōnosuke Tatsumi
Outfielders	8 Ryōsuke Tatsumi 9 Sōshi Yoshino 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takerō Okajima 32 Daisuke Nakashima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Ginji Maeda 50 Atsuki Mutoh 51 Yūya Ogo
Development players	017 Wang Yan-cheng (P) 062 Naoto Nishiguchi (P) 130 Kōsei Koga (P) 138 Shinri Komine (P) 155 Akihiro Takeshita (P) 022 Kei Mizukami (C) 137 Yūto Egawa (C) 131 Sōtarō Nagata (IF) 141 Kiyoharu Sawano (IF) 142 Ōzora Yanagisawa (OF) 144 Shō Ōkawara (OF)
First squad coaching	Manager: 99 Toshiaki Imae Head coach: 74 Naoto Watanabe Batting coaches: 93 Taketoshi Gotō, 89 Keizō Kawashima Battery coach: 82 Naoki Matoba Infield defense/base running coach: 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Yoshifumi Okada
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Hajime Miki Batting coaches: 84 Yūhei, 95 Toshitake Yokoo Pitching coaches: 80 Takashi Ishii, 75 Shinichirō Koyama, 91 Yūya Kubo Battery coach: 96 Masahiko Tanaka Infield defense/base running coach: 92 Nobuyuki Okumura Outfield defense/base running coach: 85 Akihisa Makida General development coach: 87 Yasunaga Makishi Development coach: 90 Fumitoshi Takano

v t e Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2013 Japan Series champions
0 Makoto Moriyama 3 Casey McGehee 5 Akihisa Makida 6 Kazuya Fujita 7 Kazuo Matsui 8 Toshiya Nakashima 9 Toshihito Abe 14 Takahiro Norimoto 18 Masahiro Tanaka 20 Kōhei Hasebe 21 Yoshinao Kamata 22 Kenji Tomura 23 Ryo Hijirisawa 25 Andruw Jones 26 Norihito Kaneto 27 Takero Okajima 28 Hiroshi Katayama 29 Shota Koseki 31 Manabu Mima (Japan Series MVP) 32 Shintaro Masuda 33 Ginji 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Aoi Enomoto 37 Motohiro Shima 41 Koji Aoyama 42 Ken Ray 43 Yusuke Kosai 44 Takashi Saito 45 Takashi Kawai 48 Tadashi Ishimine 53 Jim Heuser 55 Tetsuro Nishida 57 Shinichiro Koyama 58 Wataru Karashima 64 Hiroyuki Fukuyama 65 Keiji Oyama 67 Tatsuro Iwasaki 68 Hiroki Nakazawa 69 Brandon Duckworth 90 Sho Miyagawa
Manager 77 Senichi Hoshino Coaches Bench 80 Tōru Nimura Hitting 82 Tomio Tashiro Hitting 89 Yosuke Hiraishi Infield 73 Yasutomo Suzuki Outfield 76 Osamu Yonemura Pitching 71 Yoshinori Sato Bullpen 72 Ryoji Moriyama Catching 70 Takashi Miwa

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2013 Japan Series champions