Hirotoshi Kitagawa

{{short description|Japanese baseball player and coach}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Hirotoshi Kitagawa

| image = Kitagawa hirotoshi.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption =

| team = Hanshin Tigers

| number = 80

| position = Infielder / Catcher / Coach

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|5|27}}

| birth_place = Itami, Hyōgo, Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = August 16

| debutyear = 1995

| debutteam = Hanshin Tigers

| finalleague = NPB

| finaldate = October 7

| finalyear = 2012

| finalteam = Orix Buffaloes

| statyear=2012

| statleague=NPB

| stat1label=Batting average

| stat1value=.276

| stat2label=Home runs

| stat2value=102

| stat3label=Hits

| stat3value=1076

| teams =

As player

• Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|1995}}–{{npby|2000}})
• Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|2001}}–{{npby|2004}})
• Orix Buffaloes ({{npby|2005}}–{{Baseball year|2012}})

As coach

• Orix Buffaloes ({{npby|2013}}–{{npby|2014}}, {{npby|2016}})
• Tokyo Yakult Swallows ({{npby|2017}}–{{npby|2019}})
• Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|2020}}–Present)

| awards =

| update = 11 February 2020

}}

{{Nihongo|Hirotoshi Kitagawa|北川 博敏|Kitagawa Hirotoshi|born May 27, 1972}} is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

In 2001, his pinch hit walk-off grand slam erased a 3-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning and secured the pennant for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes.