 Following that set-back, Takahashi was deployed in the Western league at either third base or short-stop, and, as with the previous year, made his return to the first team with an injury to Luna.On July 7, he was promoted to the first team to be the replacement third-baseman and on the July 14, hit his first home run of the season against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars while homering again against the Giants at Nagoya Dome on July 25.On August 12, Takahashi registered his 8th home run of the season at Gifu Prefectural Baseball Stadium with an out of the park home run.