Takuro Ishii, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Takuro Ishii

Japanese baseball player

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1970

Place of Birth: Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Takuro Ishii (?? ??, Ishii Takuro, born August 25, 1970 in Sano, Tochigi, Japan) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player.
He currently is a coach for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Ishii was regarded as one of the best Japanese shortstops of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Though late in his career his stats declined due to age, he still contributed with his precise fielding and solid batting abilities, as well as his veteran leadership. Ishii entered the professional leagues with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales, and played with the franchise for most of his career.
(The team changed its name to the Yokohama BayStars in 1993.)