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Place of Birth: Kadoma, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
About Shinji Imanaka
- Shinji Imanaka (?? ??, Imanaka Shinji, born March 6, 1971 in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. Imanaka attended the Daito campus of Osaka Sangyo University High School, which became Osaka Toin High School in his final year.
- He was recognized as the school's ace pitcher and scouted by several clubs including the Yomiuri Giants and his hometown team, the Hanshin Tigers.
- Despite being a Hanshin fan himself, Imanaka had his sights set solely on playing for the Chunichi Dragons, who had won the league penant during his final year of high school.
- Imanaka went as far as declaring that he would not play professional baseball if another team drafted him.
- Chunichi obliged and selected him in the first round of the 1988 rookie draft.
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