Akihito Fujii

{{short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NPB player

| name = Akihito Fujii

| image = Fujii akihito.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Fujii with the Hanshin Tigers

| position = Catcher/Coach

| team = Hiroshima Toyo Carp

| number = 77

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|26}}

| birth_place = Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1999

| debutteam = Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

| statyear = 2015

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .236

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 10

| stat3label = RBI

| stat3value = 173

| teams =

As player

As coach

  • Fukui Miracle Elephants ({{npby|2016}})
  • Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|2017}}–{{npby|2022}})
  • Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{npby|2023}}–)

}}

{{Nihongo|Akihito Fujii|藤井 彰人|Fujii Akihito|born June 18, 1976}} is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher and current coach for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1999 to 2004 and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2005 to 2010 and the Tigers from 2011 to 2015.