title: Masaru Takeda
text: # Masaru Takeda
  
  Masaru Takeda (武田 勝, born July 10, 1978, in Nagoya) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and current coach for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Fighters from 2006 to 2016.
  
  