Director Yakult Ogawa to resign from responsibility for poor performance September 10 19:42
Professional baseball Yakult has announced that Manager Ogawa Koji will be retiring only for this season, taking responsibility for poor performance at the bottom of the league.
Yakult is sinking to the bottom of the league this season, having 16 consecutive losses in the league record from May to June.
For this reason, Ogawa took responsibility for poor performance and told the team that he wanted to retire only for this season.
On this day, the team announced that manager Ogawa will retire only on the 10th of this season, as the owner of Takanari Negishi agreed.
Ogawa is 62 years old from Chiba Prefecture.
Last season, when he was inaugurated as the second coach, he re-established the team that was at the bottom of the league with 96 worst team losses in the previous year, raising it to 2nd place.
This season, which is the second year of the two-year contract, is aiming to win the league for the first time in four years while nurturing young players, such as selecting 19-year-old Murataka Murakami as the starting member of the opening round and appointing it as the central axis. However, it is currently sluggish to the bottom.
The next candidate for director is Mr. Shingo Takatsu, who serves as the second army manager of Yakult.
It was also announced that Shinya Miyamoto head coach will leave the team only this season.