Takashi Toritani

Takashi Toritani
Takashi Toritani
	Toritani with the Hanshin Tigers
	Shortstop
	Born: June 26, 1981; Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 2, 2004, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last NPB appearance
	June 6, 2021, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
Batting average	.278
Hits	2,099
Home runs	138
Runs batted in	830
Stolen bases	131
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Hanshin Tigers (2004–2019); Chiba Lotte Marines (2020–2021); As coach Panasonic;
Career highlights and awards
	6× Best Nine Award winner (2008, 2010–2011, 2013–2015); 7× NPB All-Star (2005–2006, 2012–2015, 2017); 5× Golden Glove Award winner (2010, 2013–2015, 2017);

Takashi Toritani (鳥谷敬, Toritani Takashi; born June 26, 1981) is a Japanese former professional baseball shortstop, commentator, critic, and coach.

Toritani was one of the most highly coveted position players in years as a senior for Waseda University in 2003. He holds the current NPB record for most consecutive games played without missing an inning as a shortstop, and appeared in every Tigers game for over 13 years from 2005 to May 27, 2018 (1,939 regular season games).