Yoshio Itoi

Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi
	Itoi with the Hanshin Tigers
	Outfielder
	Born: July 31, 1981; Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
NPB debut
	March 27, 2007, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Last NPB appearance
	September 21, 2022, for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
Batting average	.297
Home runs	171
Runs batted in	765
Stolen bases	300
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2004–2012); Orix Buffaloes (2013–2016); Hanshin Tigers (2017–2022);
Career highlights and awards
	2012 PLCS MVP; Pacific League Batting Leader (2014); Pacific League stolen base leader (2016); 3× Pacific League OBP Leader (2011, 2012, 2014); 5× Best Nine Award (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016); 7× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2009-2014, 2016); 10× NPB All-Star (2009-2018);

Yoshio Itoi (糸井嘉男, Itoi Yoshio; born July 31, 1981) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, the Orix Buffaloes, and the Hanshin Tigers. Itoi bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He played for team Japan in WBC 2013, and hit for Japan in games against Brazil (4th batter) and China (5th batter). He won Netflix's Final Draft TV series, Netflix's first Japanese-produced physical survival series, which premiered on August 12, 2025. He won the prize of 27 million yen. He then competed as part of Team Japan on Physical: Asia.