On the 17th, Orix announced that Katsumi Mizumoto's title as traveling coach will be changed to "traveling general coach." He served as head coach for five years from 2021 and contributed greatly to the team's three consecutive championships. From next season, he will be traveling around the first and second teams, understanding the condition of each player and is expected to be involved in active exchanges of opinions and smooth rotations.

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・ [Orix] Contracts renewed with all coaches of the first and second teams. Manager Haru will become the first team head coach, and head coach Mizumoto will become a traveling coach for the first and second teams.
・ [Orix] Traveling head coach Seiichiro Nakagaki and hitting coach Eiichi Koyano leave the team at their own request.
・ [Orix] Traveling head coach Seiichiro Nakagaki and hitting coach Eiichi Kotani leave the team... Both have accepted their requests.
・ [Orix] Announces next season's team lineup. For the first time in two years, the coaching staff will no longer have first and second team titles. Toshio Haru will become head coach.
・ [Hanshin Tigers] New coaching staff announced: General coach Atsushi Fujimoto, second-team manager Katsuo Hirata, and first- and second-team batting coordinator Yutaka Wada.