Katsunori Nomura will be appointed as the battery coach of the 2nd army of professional baseball Hanshin, and at a press conference, he said, "It is a great honor to be a coach with a traditional baseball team. I want to do my best to do what I can." Did.
Nomura is 48 years old.
During his active career, he played for 11 years with Yakult and Hanshin, which were directed by his father Katsuya Nomura, and after retiring from active duty in 2006, he has been a coach for Rakuten, Giants, and Yakult.
Of these, Yakult contributed to the league victory as a battery coach in 2015.
Mr. Nomura, who will return to Hanshin for the first time in 19 years as a 2nd army battery coach, met in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and said, "It is a great honor to be a coach with a traditional baseball team. What I can do. I want to do my best to raise the level of the team. "
He added, "It is important for catchers to have an attitude toward baseball and an attitude to tackle it. It would be great if we could multiply the idea of our father, Director Nomura, with what he had done and pass it on to the next generation."