Takashi Nishimoto

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

{{distinguish|Takeshi Nishimoto}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Takashi Nishimoto

|image=2012marines nishimoto.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1956|6|27}}

|birth_place=Matsuyama, Ehime

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=165–128

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.20

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=1,239

|teams=

As player

• Yomiuri Giants (1976–1988, 1994)
• Chunichi Dragons (1989–1992)
• Orix BlueWave (1993)

As coach

• Hanshin Tigers (2003)
• Chiba Lotte Marines (2010–2012)
• Orix Buffaloes (2013–2014)
• Hanwha Eagles (2015)

}}

{{Nihongo|Takashi Nishimoto|西本 聖|Nishimoto Takashi|born June 27, 1956}} is a Japanese baseball coach and retired pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants, Chunichi Dragons, and Orix Blue Wave from 1976 through 1993.

In 1981, Nishimoto won the Eiji Sawamura Award. Winning the 1981 Japan Series, he was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/26/sports/giants-take-series.html|title=Giants Take Series|date=26 October 1981|work=The New York Times|accessdate=30 October 2016}}

Nishimoto won seven straight Gold Glove Awards from 1979 through 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/11/10/baseball/japanese-baseball/maeda-fukudome-among-golden-glove-recipients/|title=Maeda, Fukudome among Golden Glove recipients|first=Jason|last=Coskrey|date=10 November 2015|publisher=|accessdate=30 October 2016|via=Japan Times Online}} He won the Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1989.

After his retirement as a player, Nishimoto coached for the Hanshin Tigers and the Chiba Lotte Marines.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2010/11/08/baseball/japanese-baseball/batting-center-hit-hard-by-recession/|title=Batting center hit hard by recession|first=Kaz|last=Nagatsuka|date=8 November 2010|publisher=|accessdate=30 October 2016|via=Japan Times Online}} In 2013, he coached the Orix Buffaloes.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/01/28/baseball/buffaloes-need-pitchers-to-succeed-in-search-for-redemption/|title=Buffaloes need pitchers to succeed in search for redemption|first=Jason|last=Coskrey|date=28 January 2013|publisher=|accessdate=30 October 2016|via=Japan Times Online}}

His brother, Akikazu Nishimoto, played in NPB.