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2025.11.7(金) 17:15

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 2026 coaching staff announced

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham has decided on the coaching staff for the 2026 season as follows. On Wednesday, November 5th, it was announced that Tetsuya Matsumoto would be appointed as fielder coach.

▼First Army▼
Position: Name/ number

Director: Tsuyoshi Shinjo/1
Head coach: Takaya Hayashi / 77
pitcher coach: Hisashi Takeda / 73
pitcher coach: Takeharu Kato / 82
Batting coach: Toshitake Yokoo / 81
Battery coach: Yamada Katsuhiko/72
infield defense base running coach: Ryota Taniuchi/85
outfield defense base running coach: Morimoto Mareaki / 80
fielder coach: Tetsuya Matsumoto/79
pitcher Coordinator: Chihiro Kaneko/91
Hitting Coordinator: Tomoaki Sato / 87

▼Farm▼
Position: Name/ number

Director: Atsunori Inaba/90
General coach: Masaharu Shimizu / 78
pitcher coach: Hiroshi Urano/83
pitcher coach: Takayoshi Eguchi/92
Hitting coach: Tomoyuki Oda / 75
Battery coach: Naoki Matoba / 71
infield defense base running coach: Manabu Iwadate/74
outfield defense base running coach: Toshimasa Konda / 76

※Titles omitted

Fukuoka Softbank 2026 coaching staff announced

Fukuoka Softbank has named the following coaching staff for the 2026 season. Kazumi Saito, who served as the third army manager this season, will assume the position of second army manager.

▼ First Army
Position: Name/ number

Manager: Hiroki Kokubo/90
pitcher Coach (Chief) and Head Coordinator (pitcher): Shinji Kurano / 94
pitcher Coach (bullpen): Kenichi Wakatabe/72
pitcher Coach (bullpen Assistant): Kenichi Nakata/71
fielder Chief Coach: Yuto Muramatsu/93
Hitting Coach and Skills Coach: Yuya Hasegawa / 78
infield defense base running Operations Coach: Yuichi Honda/80
outfield defense base running Operations Coach: Takayuki Onishi / 79
Battery Coach: Toru Hosokawa/87

▼ Second Army
Position: Name/ number

Second Army Manager: Kazumi Saito/88
Nigun pitcher Chief Coach: Takashi Ogasawara/73
Nigun pitcher Coach: Masatoshi Okumura/86
Nigun Hitting Coach: Shigeru Morikasa/74
Nigun infield defense base running Coach: Keisuke Kaneko/91
Nigun outfield defense base running Coach: Ryuma Kidokoro/96
Second Army Battery Coach: Yusuke Takatani/84

▼Three Forces
Position: Name/ number

San-gun Manager: Motoi Okoshi/92
San-gun pitcher Chief Coach: Felipe Natel/97
San-軍pitcher Coach: Hayato Terahara/76
Sanjun Hitting Coach: Noriyoshi Omichi/75
San-軍infield defense base running Coach: Tomoki Takada/82
San-guards outfield defense base running Coach: Bunichi Takanami/98
Triple-A Gun Battery Coach: Masakai Shimizu/83

▼ Fourth Army
Position: Name/ number

Chief and defense base running Coach: Takashi Sasagawa／014
Fourth Army pitcher Coach: Kazuhisa Makita／013
4-gun Hitting Coach: Masahiro Nakatani／018

▼ Coordinator ▼
Position: Name/ number

pitcher Farm Supervisor: Hidetaka Kawagoe／012
pitcher Farm Manager：Junji Hoshino／020
fielder Supervisor：Hisao Aragane／023
fielder Farm Management: Koichi Sekikawa／019
fielder Manager：Hiroyuki Mori／022
fielder Tatsuya Ide / 021

*Honorifics omitted.

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Related Links
・ [Hokkaido Nippon-Ham] 2026 Coaching Staff Announcement
・ [Fukuoka Softbank] 2026 coaching staff (as of November 7, 2025)