Mr. Yosuke Hiraishi, former director of Rakuten, took office as Softbank 1 army coach on November 11 at 14:30
Director Yosuke Hiraishi, who was conducting at Rakuten this season, was appointed as the coach of one army of professional baseball and Softbank.
Rakuten's former manager Hiraishi signed a contract with Softbank as an army strike and fielder general coach, and held a press conference in Miyazaki City where the team was camping.
Among them, the coach Hiraishi said, “I decided to try it out, although I decided to try Rakuten, but I decided to take over as a Softbank coach at an early stage.
After that, he expressed his enthusiasm, "I thought that the other team was a team with high ability in all, but I think there are challenges, so I want to be able to overcome it while communicating with the players."
Coach Hiraishi is 39 years old from Oita Prefecture. I was from PL Academy in Osaka. In 2005, I joined Rakuten, the first year of the baseball team, in draft 7th place and played for 7 years as an outfielder.
After retirement, he served as a coach and two army managers at Rakuten, acting as a manager in the middle of last season, and led the team to the third place as a manager this season.
After the interview, Coach Hiraishi joined the practice and watched the practice while actively communicating with the players.