Kenji Yano

Kenji Yano
Kenji Yano
	Yano with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Yomiuri Giants – No. 80
	Outfielder / Coach
	Born: September 21, 1980 (age 44); Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	August 19, 2003, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last NPB appearance
	October 10, 2018, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics ; (through 2018)
Batting average	.262
Home runs	29
RBI	153
Teams
	As player Yomiuri Giants (2003–2015); Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2015–2018); As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2020–2022); Yomiuri Giants (2024-present);
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Kenji Yano (矢野謙次, born September 21, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

After his retirement in 2018, Yano was sent to the Texas Rangers for a year to train to be a coach.^[1]^[2] For the 2020 season, Yano will return to Japan as the Fighters' outfield coach and assistant hitting coach.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Weaver, Levi. "Meet Kenji Yano, a cult hero from Japan learning to be a..." The Athletic. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
^ "コーチ留学の矢野氏支える榎下通訳「僕がいなくても大丈夫」英語力に太鼓判". Sponichi Annex. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
^ "スタッフ就任のお知らせ". 北海道日本ハムファイターズ公式サイト (in Japanese). November 12, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
^ "日本ハム武田、矢野コーチ会見「遊び心交えながら」 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-19.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

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[1] Weaver, Levi. "Meet Kenji Yano, a cult hero from Japan learning to be a..." The Athletic. Retrieved 2020-03-19.

[2] "コーチ留学の矢野氏支える榎下通訳「僕がいなくても大丈夫」英語力に太鼓判". Sponichi Annex. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-19.

[3] "スタッフ就任のお知らせ". 北海道日本ハムファイターズ公式サイト (in Japanese). November 12, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

[4] "日本ハム武田、矢野コーチ会見「遊び心交えながら」 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-19.

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v t e Yomiuri Giants current roster
Pitchers	11 Masahiro Tanaka 15 Taisei 17 Yūhi Nishidate 19 Iori Yamasaki 20 Shosei Togo 26 Nobutaka Imamura 28 Rei Takahashi 29 Foster Griffin 30 Taisuke Kondō 31 Yuji Akahoshi 33 Kyle Keller 36 Kōsuke Baba 41 Kōta Nakagawa 45 Eito Tanaka 46 Teppei Mataki 47 Shunya Morita 48 Chiharu Tanaka 49 Alberto Baldonado 53 Yuhei Takanashi 57 Shunsuke Miyahara 58 Hiromasa Funabasama 62 Kai Yokogawa 63 Keisuke Izumi 64 Ryūsei Yamada 65 Tatsuya Ishikawa 66 Ryuta Heinai 68 Taiki Kikuchi 90 Juza Ishida 91 Kenshin Hotta 92 Raidel Martínez 95 Natsuki Toda 97 Haruto Inoue 99 Makoto Kyōmoto
Catchers	10 Takuya Kai 22 Seiji Kobayashi 24 Takumi Ohshiro 27 Yukinori Kishida 37 Takuya Kōri 67 Shinnosuke Yamase 94 Ryusuke Kita
Infielders	00 Dai Yuasa 0 Daiki Masuda 2 Naoki Yoshikawa 5 Makoto Kadowaki 6 Hayato Sakamoto 23 Yusei Ishizuka 25 Kazuma Okamoto 32 Shunsuke Urata 35 Yūta Izuguchi 40 Raito Nakayama 52 Richard 60 Yu Aramaki 61 Riku Masuda
Outfielders	7 Hisayoshi Chōno 8 Yoshihiro Maru 12 Masaya Hagio 13 Trey Cabbage 38 Yūki Okada 39 Marek Chlup 42 Elier Hernández 43 Shinnosuke Shigenobu 44 Shunsuke Sasaki 50 Louis Okoye 51 Shogo Asano 54 Tomo Otosaka 59 Gakuto Wakabayashi 69 Misaki Sasahara 96 Rui Mitsuka 98 Yamato Suzuki
Development pitchers	012 Katsunari Miura 014 Shotaro Horie 015 Keishin Suzuki 016 Takahiro Chiba 018 Motoya Kinoshita 019 Junki Sonoda 021 Hayate Matsui 023 Tomoki Tamura 026 Yūsefu Yoshimura 028 Ryū Tomida 029 Ayumu Nishikawa 030 Shido Fukita 034 Tessei Morimoto 035 Elvis Luciano 041 Huang Chin-hao 047 Eiji Kamouchi 054 Daisuke Naoe 063 Yūki Hanada 068 Yamato Shiroki 077 Hayato Ishita
Development catchers	006 Hayato Sakamoto 010 Ryōya Ōtsu 022 Keita Kameda 024 Tatsuya Sakamoto
Development infielders	002 Ayumu Nakata 004 Gen Murayama 005 Yūya Tanoue 007 Kisara Utsunomiya 008 Hakuto Aizawa 025 Raia Takeshita 027 Rio Kitamura
Development outfielders	013 Julian Tima 033 Kota Hirayama 044 Gen Ohshiro 051 Hidetora Funakoshi
First squad coaching	Manager: 83 Shinnosuke Abe Head / Hitting Coach: 76 Tomohiro Nioka Comprehensive coach: 74 Yoshinori Murata Hitting coach: 80 Kenji Yano, 93 Tetsuya Matsumoto Infield coach: 86 Shigeyuki Furuki Outfield / Baserunning coach: 79 Yoshiyuki Kamei Pitching coaches: 81 Toshiya Sugiuchi, 77 Tetsuya Utsumi Bullpen coach: 88 Kazunari Sanematsu
Second squad coaching	Manager: 72 Masumi Kuwata General coach: 78 Masahiro Kawai Hitting coach: 80 Kenji Yano Pitching coaches: 71 Tetsuya Yamaguchi, 72 Kan Otake Infield coach: 86 Ryota Wakiya Outfield / Baserunning coach: 82 Takahiro Suzuki, 87 Itaru Hashimoto Battery coach: 89 Ken Katoh
Third squad coaching	Manager: 70 Norihiro Komada Hitting coach: 107 Soichiro Tateoka Pitching coaches: 100 Koichi Misawa, 104 Ryoma Nogami Infield coach: 105 Daiki Yoshikawa Outfield / Baserunning coach: 103 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh Battery coach: 102 Tomoya Ichikawa
Organizational coaching	Patrol pitching coach: 84 Yasuo Kubo Hitting coordinator: 110 Zelous Wheeler
Developing	Development: 108 Park Sok-min

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Kenji Yano
Yano with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Yomiuri Giants – No. 80
Outfielder / Coach
Born: (1980-09-21) September 21, 1980 (age 44) Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
August 19, 2003, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last NPB appearance
October 10, 2018, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics (through 2018)
Batting average	.262
Home runs	29
RBI	153

Teams
As player Yomiuri Giants (2003–2015) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2015–2018) As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2020–2022) Yomiuri Giants (2024-present)