The Saitama Seibu Lions announced their 2022 coaching staff on Wednesday. While some positions swapped to ni-gun and vice versa, Kazuo Matsui will be the ichi-gun head (bench) coach behind Hatsuhiko Tsuji. Tsuji was initially expected to step down after the 2021 season ended, but will remain manager in 2022.
This will be a transition year as the torch will likely pass to Matsui for 2023. Yosuke Hiraishi was named as a new ichi-gun hitting coach. He previously served as the ichi-gun manager for the Rakuten Eagles from 2018-2019 and was a coach with the Softbank Hawks for the last two years.
Former catcher and bullpen catcher Shota Nakata will be a ni-gun battery coach. Shuichiro Osada was also added from the BC Challenge League's Saitama Musashi Heat Bears. Even former manager Norio Tanabe will have a larger say the ni-gun level. Tetsuya Utsumi will also have a title of being a player and coach like Matsui before him.
Here is the full list of coaches:
Ichi-gun:
Manager: Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Head Coach: Kazuo Matsui (previously ni-gun manager)
Pitching coach: Hayato Aoki
Pitching coach: Kiyoshi Toyoda
Battery coach: Kosuke Noda
Hitting coach: Yosuke Hiraishi (previously with Softbank Hawks)
Hitting coach: Hisashi Takayama (previously ni-gun hitting coach)
Infield Defense and Base Running (3rd base): Satoshi Kuroda
Outfield Defense and Base Running (1st base): Tomosaki Sato
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Ni-gun:
Manager: Fumiya Nishiguchi (previously ichi-gun pitching coach)
Field coach: Norio Tanabe (previously ikusei coach)
Field General/Hitting coach: Tatsuya Ozeki
Hitting Coach: Tatsuyuki Uemoto
Lead Pitching coach: Eiji Kiyokawa
Pitching coach: Shuichiro Osada (previously with Saitama Musashi Heat Bears)
Pitching coach: Tatsuya Oishi
Battery coach: Shota Nakata (previously bullpen catcher)
Infield Defense and Base Running: Masahiro Abe
Outfield Defense and Base Running: Shogo Akada
Field coach: Shigenobu Shima
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Other
Player coach: Tetsuya Utsumi
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