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Masahiro Tanaka

1988 - Today

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Masahiro Tanaka (田中 将大, Tanaka Masahiro, born November 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). From 2007 through 2013, he played for the Eagles in NPB. Tanaka was posted by the Eagles after the 2013 season to be signed with the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball (MLB) and signed a seven-year, $155 million contract, the fifth-largest deal ever given to a pitcher at the time. He made his major league debut in 2014 and played for the Yankees through the 2020 season, before deciding to return to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masahiro Tanaka has received more than 1,301,495 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Masahiro Tanaka is the 18,090th most popular politician (down from 16,736th in 2019), the 2,067th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,975th in 2019) and the 354th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 18,090 out of 19,576Before him are Pascal Koupaki, George B. Cortelyou, Bill Brock, Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford, Maryna Bazanova, and Fatma Şahin. After him are Brad Sherman, Robinah Nabbanja, Om Birla, Denis McDonough, Fredis Refunjol, and Rohit Sharma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 291Before him are Aleska Diamond, Charlie Carver, Gürbey İleri, Nodar Kumaritashvili, Miguel Layún, and Portia Doubleday. After him are Lee Chung-yong, Ismaïl Aissati, Miroslav Raduljica, Damián Suárez, Alexander Koch, and Artjoms Rudņevs.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 2,067 out of 6,245Before him are Kōhei Uchimura (1989), Kaori Ekuni (1964), Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (1969), Shinya Nakano (1977), Tsuru Morimoto (1970), and Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (1973). After him are Yasuyuki Konno (1983), Naoto Otake (1968), Pamela Franklin (1950), Mayumi Kaji (1964), Mayumi Iizuka (1977), and Junko Ozawa (1973).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 354Before him are Kinuko Tanida (1939), Seiko Noda (1960), Seiko Hashimoto (1964), Taro Yamamoto (1974), Tōru Hashimoto (1969), and Itsunori Onodera (1960). After him are Hiroshi Abe (1958), Kenji Ogiwara (1969), Shinjirō Koizumi (1981), Kōichirō Genba (1964), Princess Yōko of Mikasa (1983), and Joe Lombardo (1962).