Orix Buffaloes announced their coaching staff and coordinators for 2027.

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Orix Buffaloes has announced its coaching staff and coordinator for 2027.

▼2027 Season Coaching Staff▼
Position: Name (number) *Titles omitted, ○ indicates new appointment

Director: Mamoru Kishida (71)
• First team head coach: Hajime Miki (88)
First team pitcher coach: Kazuyuki Atsuzawa (75)
First team pitcher coach: Motoki Higa (77)
First team hitting coach: Kazuki Shimamura (78)
First team hitting coach: Tatsuya Shimozono (84)
- First team infield defense and base running coach: Ryoichi Adachi (83)
- First team outfield defense and base running coach: Yusuke Matsui (70)
- First team battery coach and wall coach: Katsumi Yamazaki (74)

・Second team manager: Yoshihisa Hirano (81)〇
- Minor league head coach: Toshio Saito (87)
- Minor league pitcher coach: Satoshi Komatsu (73)
- Minor league pitcher coach: Kazuki Kondo (72)
- Minor league hitting coach: Masakazu Fukukawa (79)
Minor league hitting coach: Masahiro Nishino (86)
- Minor league infield defense and base running coach: Shuhei Kojima (80)
- Minor league outfield defense and base running coach: Yuya Oda (90)
- Minor league battery coach: Masato Matsui (82) * number changed

・Development Coach: Daisuke Iida (01) * number changed
• Development Coach: Daisuke Kondo (02)
• Assistant Development Coach: Kazuya Katsuki (04)
• Assistant Development Coach: Kyohei Ueno (05)

▼2027 Season Coordinator▼
-fielder General Coordinator: Naoyuki Kazeoka (76)
pitcher Coordinator: Hiroshi Kobayashi (89)
- Hitting Coordinator: Shinji Takahashi (85)

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Orix Buffaloes announced their coaching staff and coordinators for 2027.