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 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|

* 2 Carter Stewart Jr.
* 10 Naoyuki Uwasawa
* 11 Yūki Tsumori
* 13 Haruhiro Hamaguchi
* 14 Katsuki Matayoshi
* 16 Nao Higashihama
* 17 Kōhei Arihara
* 18 Shōta Takeda
* 20 Ryota Nakamura
* 26 Ryōsuke Ohtsu
* 27 Shunsuke Iwai
* 28 Shun Antoku
* 29 Ryūsei Ohe
* 34 Kenichi Murata
* 35 Liván Moinelo
* 39 Shūto Ogata
* 40 Kazuki Sugiyama
* 41 Yūgo Maeda
* 42 Yūsuke Itoh
* 47 Tomohisa Ohzeki
* 48 Kōya Fujii
* 49 Haru Matsumoto
* 50 Yūgo Bandoh
* 51 Jun Maeda
* 53 Ryō Ohyama
* 54 Roberto Osuna
* 56 Fumimaru Taura
* 58 Taisei Kimura
* 59 Takehiro Hasegawa
* 60 Kazuo Ohno
* 63 Darwinzon Hernández
* 64 Taiga Kamichatani
* 66 Yūki Matsumoto
* 68 Hikaru Kimura
* 69 Shunsuke Iwasaki
* 95 Tōya Kawaguchi

Catchers|

* 00 Riku Watanabe
* 12 Hiroki Minei
* 22 Kōta Makihara
* 45 Kenta Tanigawara
* 55 Sōichirō Ishizuka
* 62 Takashi Umino
* 65 Yūtarō Fujita

Infielders|

* 0 Hikaru Kawase
* 4 Jeter Downs
* 5 Hotaka Yamakawa
* 6 Kenta Imamiya
* 8 Taisei Makihara
* 23 Ukyō Shūtō
* 24 Ryōya Kurihara
* 25 Yūdai Shōji
* 33 Ryūta Hirose
* 36 Ikhine Itua
* 43 Tomoya Inoue
* 46 Shinjirō Uno
* 52 Yūto Akihiro
* 67 Sōma Ishimi
* 99 Isami Nomura

Outfielders|

* 3 Kensuke Kondoh
* 7 Akira Nakamura
* 9 Yūki Yanagita
* 30 Naoki Satoh
* 31 Tomoya Masaki
* 32 Tatsuru Yanagimachi
* 44 Yoshiyasu Sasagawa
* 57 Riku Ogata
* 61 Yūto Kawamura
* 77 Keita Yamamoto

Developmental player

Pitchers|

* 126 Yūwa Miyasato
* 128 Shinichirō Kawano
* 133 Kotaro Hoshino
* 134 Shinno Ohshiro
* 135 Alexander Armenta
* 136 Fūga Ōtake
* 137 Kenshirō Tsukayama
* 138 Yūta Aihara
* 139 Sanshirō Izaki
* 140 Kōichirō Okada
* 141 Ryotaro Sawayanagi
* 142 Haruto Fujiwara
* 145 Hammond
* 146 Jumpei Fujita
* 148 Takuma Yamasaki
* 149 Taiga Kumagai
* 152 Dan Shioji
* 153 Chang Chun-Wei
* 155 Kyūta Kazama
* 156 Luis Rodríguez
* 157 Sōta Tanoue
* 158 Ren Akaba
* 160 Keishin Nagamizu
* 161 Kaito Uchino
* 162 Junpei Okaue
* 163 Akito Sasaki
* 164 Sōta Mizuguchi
* 165 Hayato Miyazaki
* 169 Yūsei Tobita
* 176 Darío Sarduy

Catchers|

* 125 Sō Ōtomo
* 151 Sora Katō
* 171 Ryōta Morishima

Infielders|

* 121 Zairen
* 122 Keio Fujino
* 124 Shūji Kuwahara
* 127 Yūki Hirose
* 129 Kyōshirō Sakura
* 130 Haruki Katsuren
* 131 Kōki Nakazawa
* 159 Kyōgo Yamashita
* 167 Jumpei Kawarada
* 170 Ayuma Nishio
* 175 David Almonte

Outfielders|

* 123 Shūya Ōizumi
* 143 Kōha Gyofu
* 144 Marco Simón
* 147 Hayato Kinoshita
* 154 Ikumi
* 166 Kaito Shigematsu
* 168 Kōta Satō
* 173 José Ozuna

Managers / Coaches

First squad|

* Manager: 90 Hiroki Kokubo
* Head coach: 92 Hiroshi Narahara
* Chief pitching coach/Head coordinator: 94 Shinji Kurano
* Bullpen pitching coach: 72 Kenichi Wakatabe
* Assistant bullpen pitching coach: 71 Kenichi Nakata
* Batting coach: 78 Takayuki Murakami
* Infield defense/base running/strategy coach: 80 Yūichi Honda
* Outfield defense/base running/strategy coach: 79 Takayuki Ohnishi
* Battery coach: 84 Hiroaki Takaya

Second squad|

* Manager: 74 Hideaki Matsuyama
* Chief pitching coach: 73 Takashi Ogasawara
* Farm pitching coach: 97 Kazuhisa Makita
* Batting coach: 93 Arihito Muramatsu
* Infield defense/base running coach: 82 Tomoki Takata
* Outfield defense/base running coach: 96 Ryūma Kidokoro
* Battery coach: 87 Tōru Hosokawa

Third squad|

* Manager: 88 Kazumi Saitō
* Farm pitching coach: 76 Hayato Terahara
* Pitching coach: 86 Masato Okumura
* Batting coach: 75 Noriyoshi Ōmichi
* Infield defense/base running coach: 91 Keisuke Kaneko
* Outfield defense/base running coach: 98 Fumikazu Takanami
* Battery coach: 83 Masaumi Shimizu

Fourth squad|

* Manager: 011 Motoi Ōkoshi
* Pitching coach: 024 Felipe Natel
* Batting coach: 013 Shigeru Morikasa
* Infield defense & base running coach: 014 Takashi Sasagawa
* Outfield defense & base running coach: 015 Gō Kamamoto
* Battery coach: 016 Tetsuya Matoyama
* Pitchers rehabilitation coach: 017 Ryōji Moriyama
* Field players rehabilitation coach: 018 Masahiro Nakatani
* General farm pitching coordinator: 012 Hidetaka Kawagoe
* Pitching coordinator: 020 Junji Hoshino
* General fielding coach: 023 Hisao Arakane
* Field coaches: 019 Kōichi Sekikawa, 022 Hiroyuki Mori
* Fielding coordinator: 021 Tatsuya Ide

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