Naoto Watanabe

Naoto Watanabe
Naoto Watanabe
	Watanabe with the Yokohama BayStars
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 26
	Infielder / Coach
	Born: October 15, 1980 (age 40); Ibaraki, Japan
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
	April 17, 2007, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.259
Hits	855
Home runs	7
RBIs	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
	1× NPB All-Star (2011);

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

Career[]

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles selected Watanabe with the fifth selection in the [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[]

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "渡辺直人��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[]

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

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[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��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.

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show v t Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster
Pitchers	1 Yuki Matsui 11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Kohei Morihara 14 Takahiro Norimoto 16 Hideaki Wakui 17 Takahiro Shiomi 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Shoma Fujihira 20 Tomohiro Anraku 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 22 Kazuhisa Makita 23 Hayato Yuge 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 31 Yuya Fukui 32 Alan Busenitz 39 40 41 Yoshinao Kamata 43 Sung Chia-hao 47 49 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 53 Hosei Takata 56 Sora Suzuki 57 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Shu Sugahara 60 61 62 Naoto Nishiguchi 64 Hiroyuki Fukuyama 68 69 72 Shun Ikeda
Catchers	2 Hikaru Ohta 26 Ginjiro Sumitani 44 Yūichi Adachi 55 65 67 70 78
Infielders	0 Hiroto Kobukata 3 Hideto Asamura 5 Eigoro Mogi 6 Kazuya Fujita 7 Daichi Suzuki 9 Brandon Dixon 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 30 33 Ginji 34 36 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 63 66
Outfielders	4 Louis Okoye 8 Ryosuke Tatsumi 12 Rusney Castillo 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takero Okajima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 38 46 Koh Shimozuru 48 51 Yuya Ogo 54 Ren Wada
Development pitchers	016 Yudai Mor 017 135 136 138 150 152
Development catchers	137
Development infielders	008 140 141
First squad coaching	Manager: 99 Kazuhisa Ishii Head coach: 74 Hitting coaches: 81 Eiji Kanamori, 74 Naoto Watanabe, 96 Teppei Pitching coaches: 80 Takashi Ishii, 75 Shinichiro Koyama Battery coach: 90 Hidekazu Mitsuyama Baserunning coaches: 85 Hiroshi Narahara, 76 Yoshifumi Okada
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Hajime Miki Hitting coaches: 93 Taketoshi Goto, 98 Toshiaki Imae Pitching coaches: 91 Yuya Kubo, 92 Shohei Tateyama Battery coach: 82 Takanori Hoshi Baserunning coaches: 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa, 85 Akihisa Makida Development coaches: 94 Tetsuya Kakiuchi, 83 Satoshi Nagai, 73 Katsunori Nomura, 87 Tadaharu Sakai

Naoto Watanabe
Watanabe with the Yokohama BayStars
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 26
Infielder / Coach
Born: (1980-10-15) October 15, 1980 (age 40) Ibaraki, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 17, 2007, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.259
Hits	855
Home runs	7
RBIs	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
1× NPB All-Star (2011)