Junro Anan

{{Short description|Japanese baseball player and manager (1937–2024)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Junro Anan

| image =

| image_size = 150px

| number =

| position = Infielder

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|9|2}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|30|1937|9|2}}

| death_place =

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1956

| debutteam = Hiroshima Carp

| finaldate = October 19

| finalyear = 1970

| finalteam = Kintetsu Buffaloes

| statyear = 1970

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Hits

| stat1value = 746

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 34

| stat3label = Base on balls

| stat3value = 221

| stat4label = Runs batted in

| stat4value = 254

| stat5label = Stolen Bases

| stat5value = 43| stat6label = Batting average

| stat6value = .218

| stat7label = Slugging percentage

| stat7value = .267

| teams =

As player

• Hiroshima Carp/Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{baseball year|1956}}–{{baseball year|1968}})
• Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{baseball year|1969}}–{{baseball year|1970}})

As manager

• Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{baseball year|1986}}–{{baseball year|1988}})

As coach

• Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{baseball year|1971}}–{{baseball year|1973}})
• Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{baseball year|1974}}–{{baseball year|1985}})

|awards =

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{{Nihongo|Junro Anan|阿南 準郎|Anan Junrō|September 2, 1937 – July 30, 2024}} was a Japanese professional baseball player who played for the Hiroshima Carp from 1956 to 1967. From 1968 to 1970 he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes. He later served as a manager for Hiroshima. He played in the Japan Central League and the Japan Pacific League.

Anan was born on September 2, 1937.{{cite web|title=Junro Anan|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=anan--000jun|website=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=29 July 2016}} He died on July 30, 2024, at the age of 86. His former team, Hiroshima, wore badges of mourning and displayed flags at half-mast during the game following his death.{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |title=カープをリーグ優勝に導く 阿南準郎元監督が死去 ８６歳｜NHK 広島県のニュース |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/hiroshima/20240731/4000026562.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=NHK NEWS WEB}}