What is Senichi Hoshino?
[[File:RE-Senichi-Hoshino20110309 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hoshino in March 2011]] {{nihongo|'''Senichi Hoshino'''|星野 仙一|Hoshino Sen'ichi}}, (22 January 1947 – 4 January 2018), was a Japanese [[Nippon Professional Baseball|baseball]] player and manager. He was born in [[Kurashiki]], Japan. In 2003, he led the [[Hanshin Tigers]] to their first [[Central League]] pennant in 18 years before retiring for health reasons. In 2007, he managed the [[Japan national baseball team|Japanese national team]] for the 2008 [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3659108|title=Japan Olympic coach Hoshino won't return for WBC|date=23 October 2008|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=8 November 2010}}</ref> In October 2010 Hoshino was hired as manager of the [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles]]. Hoshino led the Eagles to a [[Pacific League]] championship and [[2013 Japan Series|Japan Series]] championship in 2013. Hoshino died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Tsu, Mie]] on 4 January 2018 at the age of 70.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/01/06/baseball/japanese-baseball/former-npb-star-pitcher-manager-senichi-hoshino-dies/#.WlDDSvCnHIU|title=Former NPB star pitcher, manager Senichi Hoshino dies at 70|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|date=5 January 2018|access-date=6 January 2018|author=Kyodo|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108180713/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/01/06/baseball/japanese-baseball/former-npb-star-pitcher-manager-senichi-hoshino-dies/#.WlDDSvCnHIU|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://1001-kinenkan.jp Sen'ichi Hoshino's official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104071034/http://1001-kinenkan.jp/ |date=2011-01-04 }} (in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoshino, Senichi}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Japanese baseball players]]