LHB Hanshin Tigers
Selected as a backup to Genda at shortstop, Nakano, named the CL's top shortstop in 2022, received Delta Graphs' sixth-highest value for base running among players with 300-plus plate appearances in 2022 after finishing second in 2021, when he led the CL with 30 stolen bases. Nakano's 53 career steals are the second most in Japan the past two seasons, behind Tigers teammate Koji Chikamoto's 54.