Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 2027 Season Coaching Staff Finalized

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles announced the coaching staff for the 2027 season as follows. Additionally, the resignation of Yasunaga Makishi, the General Development Coach, was also announced.

▼2027 Season Coaching Staff▼
Position: Name / number *Titles omitted

・Manager: Masato Yoshii / 81
・Farm Manager: Naoto Watanabe / 74
・Head Coach: Akira Otsuka / 76
・fielder General Coach: Tatsuya Shiokawa / 86
・Hitting Coach: Yuhei / 84
・Hitting Coach: Michihiro Ogasawara
・Hitting Coach: Koji Watanabe / 89
・Hitting Coach: Katsumi Yamashita / 94
・pitcher Coach: Koji Aoyama / 82
・pitcher Coach: Yuya Kubo / 91
・pitcher Coach: Motoyuki Akahori / 92
・pitcher Coach: Hirotoshi Masui / 96
・pitcher Coach: Wataru Karashima
・Battery Coach: Shinya Tsuruoka / 88
・Battery Coach: Suguru Ino / 93
・infield defense base running Coach: Tomotaka Tamaki
・infield defense base running Coach: Masato Watanabe / 83
・outfield defense base running Coach: Toshio Haru / 95
・outfield defense base running Coach: Shinichi Kawana / 99
・Development Hitting Coach: Fumitoshi Takano / 90
・Development pitcher Coach: Takashi Ishii / 80
・Development catcher Coach: Takahiro Shimotsuma / 97
・Development fielder Coach: Akihisa Makita / 85

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will not sign contracts for next season with six players, including Shota Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ishihara, and Kyosuke Kaneko.

Rakuten Eagles announced that they have notified pitcher Shota Watanabe, pitcher Kosei Koga, Tsuyoshi Ishihara, Toshiya Osakae, Daiki Irie, and Kyosuke Kaneko that they will not be renewing their player contracts for the next season.

Watanabe, in his fourth year, was limited to a career-low 6 first-team appearances, allowing 7 runs in 6 innings. He also had an ERA of 4.64 in 22 games with the farm team. Rookie Kaneko, who joined the team as the 4th pick in the 2025 developmental draft, produced results with the farm team from the start of the season and was promoted to the registered roster in May. He hit 13 Home Runs, tying for 2nd in the Eastern League.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Players from the CPBL Rakuten Monkeys participate in autumn training

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles announced that 11 players from the Rakuten Monkeys will participate in autumn training. This is being held as part of a personnel exchange between the Rakuten Eagles and the Rakuten Monkeys, both under the Rakuten Eagles Group. Additionally, both teams are scheduled to face each other in the 2026 Taoyuan Asia Pro baseball Exchange Game to be held in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, on Sunday, November 8.

The period will be from Friday, October 30 to Wednesday, November 4, and participants will include First Team Manager Tseng Hao-chu, First Team defense coach Weng Ke-yao, Ma Chieh-sen (infielder), Li Hsun-chieh (infielder), Hsu Ho-chieh (infielder), Tseng Kuan-chieh (infielder), as well as five staff members.

Chiba Lotte Marines: Two players from the KBO Lotte Giants to participate in autumn camp

Chiba Lotte Marines announced that from tomorrow, the 30th (Fri) until November 15th (Sun), players Jang Du-seong and Kim Dong-hyuk from the Korean professional baseball team "Lotte Giants" will participate in the autumn camp. This participation in the autumn camp is being held as part of strengthening the exchange between The Marines and the Lotte Giants.

▼Jang Du-seong Player Profile▼
Team: 2018- Lotte Giants
Position: outfielder (Right throw, Left hit)
number: 7
Date of Birth: September 16, 1999
Height/Weight: 176cm, 75kg
2026 Season Stats: 102 games played, .285 batting average (68 hit, 0 Home Run, 22 RBI)

▼Kim Dong-hyuk Player Profile▼
Team: 2022- Lotte Giants
Position: outfielder (Left throw, Left hit)
number: 50
Date of Birth: September 15, 2000
Height/Weight: 177cm, 77kg
2026 Season Stats: 66 games played, .206 batting average (7 hit, 0 Home Run, 1 RBI)

Chiba Lotte Marines - Draft 5th pick Fuga Shinjo receives post-draft greeting

Chiba Lotte Marines conducted a draft pick greeting for pitcher Fuga Shinjo from Nara University High School, who was selected in the 5th round of the "2026 Professional baseball Draft Conference supported by Lipovitan D".

▼Comment from pitcher Shinjo▼
"Receiving the draft greeting today has made the reality of becoming a professional sink in. I want to do my best with the goal of becoming a pitcher who represents the baseball world."

Fukuoka Softbank will not sign a contract for next season with Riku Ogata

Fukuoka Softbank announced that they have notified Riku Ogata that they will not be signing a player contract for next season. Ogata, who joined Softbank Hawks as the 5th pick in the 2020 developmental draft, was promoted to the active roster in 2024. In this season, his 6th year, he appeared in 14 games, recording 2 hits in 6 At Bats, and appeared as a pinch runner in Game 1 of the "SMBC Japan Series 2026".

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