Naoto Watanabe

Japanese baseball player and coach

Baseball player

Naoto Watanabe

Watanabe with the Yokohama BayStars

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 26
Infielder / Coach
Born: (1980-10-15) October 15, 1980 (age 43)
Ibaraki, Japan

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut
April 17, 2007, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics
Batting average| .259
Hits| 855
Runs batted in| 229
Stolen bases| 115
Teams
As player

* Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2007–2010)
* Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2011–2013)
* Saitama Seibu Lions (2013–2017)
* Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2018–2020)

As coach

* Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2020–present)

Career highlights and awards

* NPB All-Star (2011)

Naoto Watanabe (渡辺 直人, Watanabe Naoto, born October 15, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball player who is currently a coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Golden Eagles, Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Saitama Seibu Lions of NPB.

## Career[edit]

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles selected Watanabe with the fifth selection in the 2006 NPB draft [jp].[1]

On April 7, 2007, Watanabe made his NPB debut.

On October 14, 2019, Watanabe become playing batting coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of NPB.[2]

On September 12, 2020, Watanabe announced his retirement after the season,[3] and next day he held press conference.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
2. ^ "新任コーチに関して". 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス 公式サイト (in Japanese). October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
3. ^ "渡辺 直人選手 現役引退に関して". 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). September 12, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
4. ^ "渡辺 直人選手 引退記者会見". 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). September 13, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster

Pitchers|

* 11 Takayuki Kishi
* 13 Manny Bañuelos
* 14 Takahiro Norimoto
* 17 Takahiro Shiomi
* 18 Masahiro Tanaka
* 19 Kosei Shoji
* 20 Tomohiro Anraku
* 21 Takahisa Hayakawa
* 22 Ryuji Komago
* 28 Tomohito Sakai
* 29 Koichi Takada
* 31 Shota Watanabe
* 38 Hayato Yuge
* 40 Takuma Uchima
* 41 Mao Itoh
* 43 Sung Chia-hao
* 45 Tomotaka Matsui
* 46 Shoma Fujihira
* 47 Masaru Fujii
* 49 Masaya Nishigaki
* 52 Taisei Tsurusaki
* 53 Hosei Takata
* 56 Sora Suzuki
* 57 Ryota Takinaka
* 58 Wataru Karashima
* 59 Katsutoshi Tai
* 60 Ryota Ishibashi
* 62 Naoto Nishiguchi
* 64 Yūki Hayashi
* 68 Shinri Komine
* 69 Seiryū Uchi
* 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa
* 72 Satoshi Miyamori

Catchers|

* 2 Hikaru Ohta
* 26 Ginjiro Sumitani
* 44 Takaya Tanaka
* 55 Yuma Yasuda
* 65 Kengo Horiuchi
* 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara

Infielders|

* 0 Hiroto Kobukata
* 3 Hideto Asamura
* 4 Toshiki Abe
* 5 Eigoro Mogi
* 7 Daichi Suzuki
* 23 Maikel Franco
* 24 Fumiya Kurokawa
* 30 Ryūya Taira
* 33 Ginji
* 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki
* 39 Yukiya Itoh
* 42 Chris Gittens
* 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe
* 61 Toshitake Yokoo
* 63 Daiki Irie
* 66 Itsuki Murabayashi
* 78 Konosuke Tatsumi

Outfielders|

* 6 Haruki Nishikawa
* 8 Ryosuke Tatsumi
* 9 Sōshi Yoshino
* 25 Kazuki Tanaka
* 27 Takero Okajima
* 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi
* 36 Ginji Maeda
* 50 Atsuki Mutoh
* 51 Yuya Ogo
* 54 Ren Wada
* 67 Yuya Shozui

Development players|

* Pitchers: 001 Tomoki Sato, 004 Shūichirō Hikiji, 007 Yōma Fukumori, 017 Wang Yan-cheng, 130 Kosei Koga, 135 Kotarō Seimiya, 155 Akihiro Takeshita
* Catchers: 022 Kei Mizugami, 137 Yūto Egawa
* Infielders: 131 Sotaro Nagata, 138 Estamy Urena, 141 Kiyoharu Sawano
* Outfielders: 142 Ōzora Yanagisawa, 144 Shō Ōkawara

First squad
coaching|

* Manager: 99 Kazuhisa Ishii
* Hitting coaches: 84 Yuhei Takai, 93 Taketoshi Goto
* Pitching coaches: 75 Shinichiro Koyama, 80 Takashi Ishii
* Battery coach: 82 Naoki Matoba
* Baserunning coaches: 74 Naoto Watanabe, 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa, 87 Manabu Satake

Second squad
coaching|

* Manager: 88 Hajime Miki
* Hitting coaches: 89 Keizo Kawashima, 98 Toshiaki Imae
* Pitching coaches: 83 Satoshi Nagai, 91 Yuya Kubo
* Battery coach: 96 Masahiko Tanaka
* Baserunning coaches: 76 Yoshifumi Okada, 97 Wataru Nishimura
* Development coaches: 85 Akihisa Makida, 95 Hiroshi Narahara

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