Hirokazu Ibata, who played in professional baseball Chunichi, served as a coach for the Japanese national baseball team at the Tokyo Olympics, and contributed to winning the gold medal, is expected to become the manager of the Japanese national team under the age of 12. I found out by interviewing.
Mr. Ibata is 46 years old.
In 1998, he joined Chunichi in 5th place in the draft, and for many years with Masahiro Araki as a master of shorts, he formed a two-game gap and was called "Aliver", becoming a representative of the ball world and winning the Golden Glove Award 7 It was selected 5 times as the best nine.
After that, he played as a giant, and after retiring in 2015, he has been a coach of the giant and a coach of the Japanese national team since 2017. Contributed to winning the gold medal.
According to the people concerned, Mr. Ibata is very interested in teaching the younger generation, and he is a representative of Japan under 12 years old, saying that he can convey his skills and the experience of winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics to children. It means that he is expected to become a director.