. . "baseball player (retired)" . . . "Wada, Yutaka"@en . "1962Z"^^ . . . "Yutaka Wada"@en . "1962-09-02Z"^^ . . . "Yutaka Wada (\u548C\u7530 \u8C4A, born September 2, 1962 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan) is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi was fired, and Yutaka Wada was giving the position to replace him less than a week later."@en .