On the 7th, Softbank announced its 2026 coaching staff.

The 2026 coaching staff is as follows:

◆ 1st Army

Director: Hiroki Kokubo

pitcher coach (chief) and head coordinator (pitcher): Shinji Kurano

pitcher coach (bullpen): Kenichi Wakatabe

pitcher coach (bullpen assistant): Kenichi Nakata

fielder Chief Coach: Yuto Muramatsu

Hitting coach and skills coach: Yuya Hasegawa

infield defense, base base running and strategy coach: Yuichi Honda

outfield defense, base base running and strategy coach: Takayuki Onishi

Battery coach: Toru Hosokawa

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◆ 2nd Army

Second team manager: Kazumi Saito

Second team pitcher chief coach: Takashi Ogasawara

Second team pitcher coach: Masatoshi Okumura

Second team batting coach: Shigeru Morikasa

Second team infield defense base running coach: Keisuke Kaneko

Second outfield defense base running coach: Ryuma Kidokoro

Second team battery coach: Hiroaki Takaya

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◆ 3rd Army

Third team manager: Okoshi Motoi

Third team pitcher coach: Felipe Natel

Third team pitcher coach: Hayato Terahara

Third team batting coach: Noriyoshi Omichi

Third team infield defense base running coach: Tomoki Takada

Third outfield defense base running coach: Fumikazu Takanami

Third team battery coach: Masaumi Shimizu

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◆ 4th Army

4th team chief and defense base running coach: Takashi Sasagawa

4th team pitcher coach: Kazuhisa Makita

4th team batting coach: Masahiro Nakatani

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◆ Coordinator

pitcher farm manager: Hidetaka Kawagoe

pitcher: Junji Hoshino

fielder Director: Hisao Arakane

fielder: Koichi Sekigawa

fielder: Hiroyuki Mori

fielder: Tatsuya Ide