Rakuten Eagles announced their coaching staff for the 2027 season on the 29th.

Newly joining the coaching staff are Michihiro Ogasawara (53), formerly of The Giants; Toshio Haru (56), who served as head coach for the Orix Buffaloes until this season; Hirotoshi Masui (42), formerly of the Orix Buffaloes; Motoyuki Akahori (56), manager of Hayate; Tomotaka Tamaki (51), formerly of Hiroshima; Wataru Karashima (36); Akira Otsuka (51); and Shinya Tsuruoka (45), formerly of Nippon-Ham. Otsuka, formerly of Lotte, will serve as the head coach.

The following is the coaching staff for next season.

Manager: Masato Yoshii

Farm Team Manager: Naoto Watanabe

Head Coach: Akira Otsuka, General fielder Coach: Tatsuya Shiokawa

Hitting Coach Yuhei

Hitting Coach Michihiro Ogasawara

• Batting Coach Koji Watanabe • Batting Coach Katsumi Yamashita • pitcher Coach Koji Aoyama • pitcher Coach Yuya Kubo • pitcher Coach Motoyuki Akahori • pitcher Coach Hirotoshi Masui • pitcher Coach Wataru Karashima

Battery Coach Shinya Tsuruoka

Battery Coach Suguru Ino

-infield defense base running Coach: Tomotaka Tamaki

-infield defense base running Coach: Masato Watanabe

outfield defense base running coach Toshio Haru

-outfield defense base running Coach: Shinichi Kawana

Developmental Batting Coach: Fumitoshi Takano

Developmental pitcher coach Takashi Ishii

Developmental catcher coach Takahiro Shimotsuma

Developmental fielder coach Akihisa Makita