Hiroshi Narahara Biography

*anese baseball player and coachBaseball player

Hiroshi Narahara (奈良原 浩, Narahara Hiroshi, born May 16, 1968) is a former *anese professional baseball player and currently first squad head corch for the *uoka 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.

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

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

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

On October 31, 2023, Narahara became the first squad head coach of the *uoka SoftBank Hawks.

References

    External links

    • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
    • Career statistics - NPB.jp (in *anese)
    • 92 Hiroshi Narahara PLAYERS2024 - *uoka SoftBank Hawks Official site


    Hiroshi Narahara