Hiroshi Narahara

Hiroshi Narahara
Hiroshi Narahara
	Narahara with the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 92
	Infielder / Coach
	Born: May 16, 1968 (age 56); Minami-Saitama District, Saitama
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 6, 1991, for the Seibu Lions
Last NPB appearance
	October 22, 2006, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
Batting average	.237
Home runs	13
Hits	674
Teams
	As player Seibu Lions (1991–1997); Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1998–2006); Chunichi Dragons (2006); As coach Chunichi Dragons (2007–2011); Saitama Seibu Lions (2012–2016); Chunichi Dragons (2017–2019 ); Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2020-2023); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2024-present);

Hiroshi Narahara (奈良原浩, Narahara Hiroshi, born May 16, 1968) is a former Japanese professional baseball player and currently first squad head coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Seibu Lions, Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Chunichi Dragons of the NPB.

After his retirement, Narahara was the infield defense and base running coach for the Chunichi Dragons during the 2007-2011 season.^[1]

He served as the Saitama Seibu Lions first squad and second squad the infield defense and base running coach from the 2012-2016 seasons.^[1]

He again served as the infield defense and base running coach for the Chunichi Dragons from 2017-2019 season.^[1]

On October 14, 2019, Narahara become second squad manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and served through the 2023 season.^[2]

On October 31, 2023, Narahara became the first squad head coach of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2023年10月31日新入団コーチのお知らせ". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). October 31, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ "新任コーチに関して". 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス公式サイト (in Japanese). October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

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