Kenji Yano

Japanese baseball player and coach
Baseball player
Kenji Yano
Yano with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Yomiuri Giants – No. 80
Outfielder / Coach
Born: (1980-09-21) September 21, 1980 (age 43)
Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
August 19, 2003, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last NPB appearance
October 10, 2018, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
(through 2018)
Batting average.262
Home runs29
RBI153
Teams
As player

As coach

  • Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (20202022)
  • Yomiuri Giants (2024-present)

Kenji Yano (矢野 謙次, born September 21, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

After his retirement in 2018, Yano was sent to the Texas Rangers for a year to train to be a coach.[1][2] For the 2020 season, Yano will return to Japan as the Fighters' outfield coach and assistant hitting coach.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Weaver, Levi. "Meet Kenji Yano, a cult hero from Japan learning to be a..." The Athletic. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. ^ "コーチ留学の矢野氏支える榎下通訳 「僕がいなくても大丈夫」英語力に太鼓判". Sponichi Annex. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  3. ^ "スタッフ就任のお知らせ". 北海道日本ハムファイターズ 公式サイト (in Japanese). November 12, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "日本ハム武田、矢野コーチ会見「遊び心交えながら」 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-19.

External links

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Yomiuri Giants current roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Development pitchers
  • 011 Naoki Kasashima
  • 012 Katsunari Miura
  • 015 Haruto Kawasaki
  • 016 Takahiro Chiba
  • 017 Riku Naraki
  • 018 Motoya Kinoshita
  • 019 Junki Sonoda
  • 020 Natsuki Toda
  • 021 Kenta Onuma
  • 023 Tomoki Tamura
  • 026 Yūsefu Yoshimura
  • 028 Ryū Tomida
  • 030 Yūsuke Yamasaki
  • 034 Tessei Morimoto
  • 035 Elvis Luciano
  • 047 Eiji Kamouchi
  • 056 Yūsuke Itō
  • 063 Yūki Hanada
Development catchers
  • 006 Hayato Sakamoto
  • 010 Ryōya Ōtsu
  • 022 Keita Kameda
  • 024 Kenki Maeda
  • 069 Tetsu Hagiwara
Development infielders
  • 001 Ren Katoh
  • 004 Gen Murayama
  • 005 Yūya Tanoue
  • 007 Kisara Utsunomiya
  • 008 Hakuto Aizawa
  • 025 Hiroto Okamoto
  • 027 Rio Kitamura
Development outfielders
  • 003 Yamato Suzuki
  • 009 Misaki Sasahara
  • 031 Rui Mitsuka
  • 033 Kota Hirayama
  • 044 Gen Ohshiro
  • 051 Hidetora Funakoshi
First squad
coaching
Second squad
coaching
Third squad
coaching
Organizational
coaching
Developing
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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2016 Japan Series champions
Manager
80 Hideki Kuriyama
Coaches
Bench 84 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa
Pitching 81 Masato Yoshii
Pitching 87 Tomohiro Kuroki
Hitting 79 Noriyuki Shiroishi
Hitting 88 Makoto Kaneko
Catching 78 Shinji Takahashi
Infield 90 Kazuyuki Shirai
Outfield 75 Shinichi Kawana
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  • Japan
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