Hideaki Matsuyama

Japanese baseball player and coach

Baseball player

Hideaki Matsuyama

Matsuyama's coach era of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 74
Infielder / Coach / Manager
Born: (1967-04-18)April 18, 1967
Ito, Wakayama, Japan

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

NPB debut
June 61, 1990, for the Orix BlueWave
Last appearance
October 9, 1998, for the Orix BlueWave
NPB statistics
Batting average| .253
Hits| 25
Home runs| 2
Runs batted in| 7
Stolen base| 12
Teams
As player

* Orix BlueWave (1990-1998)

As coach

* Orix BlueWave (1999-2001)
* Hanshin Tigers (2002-2004)
* Orix Buffaloes (2005-2011)
* Kia Tigers (2012)
* Chiba Lotte Marines (2013-2017)
* Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2018-present)

Hideaki Matsuyama (松山 秀明, Matsuyama Hideaki, born April 18, 1967) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder, and current the second squad manager for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[1][2]

He previously played for the Orix Blue Wave.

## Early baseball career

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Matsuyama was a classmate and captain of the famous KK duo Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Masumi Kuwata at PL Gakuen High School. In 1985, he hit a walk-off hit in the final game of the 67th Japanese High School Baseball Championship between Ube Commercial High School and PL Gakuen High School in the summer of his junior year, which was considered a great game.[3]

He went on to Aoyama Gakuin University, where he won the 1988 Tohto University Baseball League Fall League championship, the first in 106 years since the team's inception.[4][5]

## Professional career

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### Active player era

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On November 26, 1989, Matsuyamai was drafted fifth overall by the Orix Braves in the 1989 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[6]

He was a member of the Orix Blue Wave for eight seasons, with a total of 126 games played, a .253 batting average, two home runs, and seven RBI, but was regarded as a defensive specialist.[6]

He retired during the 1998 season.[6]

### After retirement

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Matsuyama with the Orix Buffaloes.

After his retirement, Matsuyama served as the first squad infield and base coach for the Orix Blue Wave from the 1999 to 2001 seasons, the first squad infield and base coach for the Hanshin Tigers in the 2002 season, and the second squad infield and base coach from the 2003 to 2004 seasons.[6]

He again returned to the Orix Buffaloes for the 2005 season and served as the first squad infield defensive base coach through the 2011 season.[7]

He coached Korea Baseball Organization's the Kia Tigers during the 2012 season.[6]

Matsuyama became the Chiba Lotte Marines' second squad infield defensive base coach in the 2013 season and was the first squad infield defensive base coach from the 2015 to 2017 seasons.[8][9]

Matsuyama became the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' second squad infield defensive base coach for the 2018 season, the third squad infield defensive base coach for the 2021 season, and again the second squad infield defensive base coach for the 2022 season.[10][11][12]

He will serve as the first squad infield defensive base coach beginning with the 2023 season.[13]

On December 2, 2023, he was transferred to the second squad manager.[2]

His enthusiastic coaching is highly regarded by all teams, and he has continued to wear the uniform as a coach since his retirement to the present.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Hideaki Matsuaki". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
2. ^ a b "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2023/12/02 (土) プレスリリース 2024年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
3. ^ "The Asahi Shimbun Virtual High School Baseball news 「マツ、決めてくれ」KKコンビ最後の夏、祈った9回裏". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). April 12, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
4. ^ "Aoyama Gakuin University Baseball Club Alumni professional baseball player introduction OB紹介 プロ野球関係". Aoyama Gakuin University Baseball Club Official Web site (in Japanese). Retrieved November 22, 2022.
5. ^ "Aoyama Gakuin University Baseball Club Team introduction Results 部紹介 戦歴". Aoyama Gakuin University Baseball Club Official Web site (in Japanese). Retrieved November 22, 2022.
6. ^ a b c d e f "Sports Nippon baseball news 阪神・岡田新体制 ソフトB・松山秀明2軍コーチ招へいへ 失策過多で守備強化に白羽の矢". Sports Nippon. October 4, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
7. ^ "Nikkansports Sports baseball news 【オリックス】松山コーチと契約更新せず". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 29, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
8. ^ "Chiba Lotte Marines press release 2012/11/4(日) チーム 松山秀明氏 二軍内野・守備走塁コーチ就任のお知らせ". Chiba Lotte Marines Official site (in Japanese). November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
9. ^ "Chiba Lotte Marines press release 2017/10/11(水) チーム コーチ契約について". Chiba Lotte Marines Official site (in Japanese). October 11, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
10. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2017/11/09(木) プレスリリース 2018年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
11. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2020/12/03(木) プレスリリース 2021年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). December 3, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
12. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2021/11/01(月) プレスリリース 2022年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
13. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2022/10/21(金) プレスリリース 2023年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). October 21, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hideaki Matsuyama.

* Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Career statistics - NPB.jp (in Japanese)
* 74 Hideaki Matsuyama PLAYERS2024 \- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

Pitchers|

* 1 Kyuta Kazama
* 2 Carter Stewart Jr.
* 11 Yuki Tsumori
* 14 Katsuki Matayoshi
* 16 Nao Higashihama
* 17 Kohei Arihara
* 18 Shota Takeda
* 20 Ryota Nakamura
* 21 Tsuyoshi Wada
* 26 Ryosuke Ohtsu
* 27 Shunsuke Iwai
* 29 Shuta Ishikawa
* 34 Kenichi Murata
* 35 Liván Moinelo
* 38 Ryotaro Sawayanagi
* 39 Shuto Ogata
* 40 Kazuki Sugiyama
* 41 Yugo Maeda
* 42 Mizuki Miura
* 47 Tomohisa Ohzeki
* 48 Kouya Fujii
* 49 Haru Matsumoto
* 50 Yugo Bandoh
* 51 Jun Maeda
* 53 Ryo Ohyama
* 54 Roberto Osuna
* 56 Fumimaru Taura
* 58 Taisei Kimura
* 59 Takehiro Hasegawa
* 60 Kazuo Ohno
* 63 Darwinzon Hernández
* 66 Yuki Matsumoto
* 67 Shunsuke Kasaya
* 68 Hikaru Kimura
* 70 Sota Tanoue

Catchers|

* 12 Hiroki Minei
* 19 Takuya Kai
* 22 Kota Makihara
* 45 Kenta Tanigawara
* 55 Soichiro Ishizuka
* 62 Takashi Umino
* 64 Kengo Yoshida
* 65 Yutaro Fujita
* 79 Riku Watanabe

Infielders|

* 0 Hikaru Kawase
* 4 Jeter Downs
* 6 Kenta Imamiya
* 8 Taisei Makihara
* 13 Masaki Mimori
* 23 Ukyo Shuto
* 24 Ryoya Kurihara
* 25 Hotaka Yamakawa
* 33 Ryuta Hirose
* 36 Ikhine Itua
* 43 Tomoya Inoue
* 46 Jumpei Kawarada
* 52 Richard
* 69 Keisuke Nakata
* 99 Isami Nomura

Outfielders|

* 3 Kensuke Kondoh
* 7 Akira Nakamura
* 9 Yuki Yanagita
* 28 Adam Walker
* 30 Naoki Satoh
* 31 Tomoya Masaki
* 32 Tatsuru Yanagimachi
* 37 Ikumi
* 44 Yoshiyasu Sasagawa
* 57 Riku Ogata
* 61 Yuto Kawamura

Developmental player

Pitchers|

* 120 Hiroki Sato
* 125 Yuri Furukawa
* 126 Yuwa Miyasato
* 133 Kotaro Hoshino
* 134 Shinno Ohshiro
* 135 Alexander Armenta
* 136 Fuga Otake
* 139 Sanshiro Izaki
* 141 Mailon Felix
* 142 Haruto Fujiwara
* 143 Shun Murakami
* 145 Hammond
* 146 Jumpei Fujita
* 147 Koki Kato
* 148 Takuma Yamasaki
* 152 Masaki Takimoto
* 154 Takuma Sato
* 156 Luis Rodríguez
* 157 Jui Kobayashi
* 158 Ren Akaba
* 160 Keishin Nagamizu
* 161 Kaito Uchino
* 162 Jumpei Okaue
* 163 Akito Sasaki
* 164 Souta Minakuchi
* 165 Hayato Miyazaki
* 172 Yuki Watanabe
* 174 Takuya Kuwahara
* 176 Dario Sardy
* 177 Hiromasa Saitoh

Catchers|

* 151 Sora Kato
* 171 Ryota Morishima

Infielders|

* 122 Keio Fujino
* 124 Shuji Kuwahara
* 128 Daisuke Itoh
* 129 Kyoshiro Sakura
* 130 Haruki Katsuren
* 131 Koki Nakazawa
* 149 Takuto Sakuma
* 153 Yoshiki Mishiro
* 159 Kyogo Yamashita
* 168 Kota Sato
* 169 Yusei Tobita
* 170 Ayuma Nishio
* 175 David Almonte

Outfielders|

* 123 Shuya Ohizumi
* 144 Marco Simon
* 150 Keita Yamamoto
* 166 Kaito Shigematsu
* 173 Jose Osuna

Managers / Coaches

First squad|

* Manager: 90 Hiroki Kokubo
* Head coach: 92 Hiroshi Narahara
* Pitching coaches: 94 Shinji Kurano, 72 Kenichi Wakatabe, 71 Kenichi Nakata
* Hitting coaches: 93 Arihito Muramatsu, 78 Takayuki Murakami
* Defense & base running coaches: 80 Yuichi Honda, 87 Tatsuya Ide
* Battery coach: 84 Hiroaki Takaya

Second squad|

* Manager: 74 Hideaki Matsuyama
* Pitching coaches: 73 Takashi Ogasawara, 76 Hayato Terahara
* Hitting coach: 77 Ryo Yoshimoto, 88 Kenji Akashi
* Defense & base running coaches: 82 Tomoki Takata, 96 Ryuma Kidokoro
* Battery coach: 83 Masaumi Shimizu

Third squad|

* Manager: 85 Hiroshi Ogawa
* Pitching coaches: 86 Masahiro Sakumoto, 97 Kazuhisa Makita
* Hitting coach: 75 Noriyoshi Omichi
* Defense & base running coaches: 91 Keisuke Kaneko, 98 Fumikazu Takanami
* Battery coach: 95 Kenji Yoshitsuru

Fourth squad|

* Manager: 011 Kazumi Saito
* Pitching coaches: 012 Hidetaka Kawagoe, 021 Masato Okumura
* Hitting coach: 013 Shigeru Morikasa
* Defense & base running coaches: 014 Takashi Sasagawa, 015 Go Kamamoto
* Battery coach: 016 Tetsuya Matoyama
* Rehabilitation coach: 017 Ryoji Moriyama, 018 Masahiro Nakatani
* Field player coordinator: 019 Koichi Sekikawa
* Pitcher coordinator: 020 Junji Hoshino
* Battery coordinator: 022 Hiroyuki Mori
* Base running coordinator: 023 Hisao Arakane

Training|

* Training: 008 Kim Won-hyong

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