As manager Shinichi Eto (江藤 愼一, Shinichi Eto, October 6, 1937 – February 28, 2008) was a Japanese professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Eto played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1959 to 1969, where he was the Central League batting champion in 1964 and 1965 (hitting .323 and .336 respectively).

Eto moved to the Lotte Orions from 1970 to 1971 and the Taiyo Whales from 1972 to 1974.

He returned to the Lotte Orions for his final season in 1976.

[1] He was posthumously inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.