Major/Shigeno, Hideki

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Shigeno was an ace pitcher for the Yokohama Marine Stars. He and ../Honda/ were buddies since high school, and Shigeno had been an irreplaceable friend to the Honda's.

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 * Position: Pitcher
 * Throws: left
 * Teams:
 * Student
 * 東和 High School
 * Professional
 * Yokohama Marine Stars, #17
 * Fukuoka Eagles
 * Yokohama Marine Stars, #17 (retired)

Bio
During 1989~1990, Shigeno was the ace pitcher for the Yokohama Marine Stars. When ../Honda/ was down due to his arm injury, Shigeno sparked the thought for Honda to transform into a slugger instead.

In 1994, his wife left him, most likely because he was too focused on baseball.

In 1995 he became reacquainted with ../Momoko/ and ../Goro/ (they last met at Honda's funeral, in 1992), giving baseball-related advice to Goro. Then in early Spring of 1996, he married Momoko, and adopted Goro as his son.

Around 1996, his son ../Shingo/ was born.

In 1996 the Yokohama Marine Stars traded him to the Fukuoka Eagles, then in 2000 the Yokohama got him back. However, following a period of bad performances, Shigeno announced his retirement after that season. For the remainder of the season, Shigeno's performance picked up again. His back number, #17, retired with him. (in the anime, the bad performances and retirement occured during the 2002 season instead)

After retiring from professional baseball, Shigeno become a sports commentator.

In 2001, his daughter ../Chiharu/ was born.

In 2005, Shigeno was recruited as the head coach as well as the pitcher coach of the Japan National Team for the Baseball World Cup.