Manabu Mima

Who is Manabu Mima?

Manabu Mima is a Japanese professional baseball player. A pitcher, he plays for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Mima attended Fujishiro High School and Chuo University. Mima pitched for Tokyo Gas in the industrial leagues after college. The Rakuten Golden Eagles chose him in the second round of the 2010 draft. He then joined the Japanese national baseball team for the 2010 Asian Games. Mima's repertoire includes a slider, forkball, curveball, shuuto, and a fastball. He debuted on April 13, 2011, tossing a scoreless 8th to preserve a 5-1 lead over the Chiba Lotte Marines.

In the 2013 season, Mima had a 6-5 win-loss record and a 4.12 earned run average. Mima was the winning pitcher in Games 3 and 7 of the 2013 Japan Series, and was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player.

His wife is a Japanese singer Santos Anna.