To take over Mr. Atsushi Miki, who will serve as the 2nd Army Director of Rakuten New Director, October 11, 15:41

It was announced that Mr. Atsushi Miki, who is currently the manager of the 2nd Army, will be appointed as the new director of professional baseball and Rakuten.

Rakuten ran into the 3rd place from the bottom of last season's Pacific League under the direction of Yosuke Hiraishi, who became the team's first baseball manager this season.

However, the team needed to change their minds to create a team to win in the medium to long term, and retired from Hiraishi, who had a one-year contract.

As a result of promoting the selection of new directors, Mr. Miki was appointed.

Miki is 42 years old from Osaka Prefecture. During his career, he played for 13 years with Yakult and Nippon Ham, and after his retirement he worked as a coach at 3 teams including Rakuten. During the Yakult era, he has demonstrated his skills in training young people such as Tetsuto Yamada. In addition, this season led to the first victory of the Eastern League as a manager of Rakuten's two forces.

Mr. Miki announced his comment through the team and said, “I feel like I will be tightened. This season, I was commanded by the two troops and I was able to feel the support and passion of Tohoku fans. "I would like to work hard to win, so that the Tohoku" can be realized. "