Naoki Matoba

Naoki Matoba

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 82
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1977-05-09) May 9, 1977 (age 46) Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 30, 2000, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Last NPB appearance
October 1, 2011, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
Batting average	.161
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	42

Teams
As player Fukuoka Daiei Hawks/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2000,2003–2008) Chiba Lotte Marines (2010–2011) As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2014–2017) Chiba Lotte Marines (2018–2022) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2023–present)

Naoki Matoba (的場直樹, Matoba Naoki, born May 9, 1977 in Osaka), nicknamed "Matton",^[1] is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2000, and from 2003 to 2008 and with the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2010 and 2011.

Matoba is an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Shin Buddhism.

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^ "ニックネーム". 千葉ロッテマリーンズオフィシャルサイト「マリンフェスタ」特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2019.

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v t e Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster
Pitchers	11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Manny Bañuelos 14 Takahiro Norimoto 17 Takahiro Shiomi 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Kosei Shoji 20 Tomohiro Anraku 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 22 Ryuji Komago 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Koichi Takada 31 Shota Watanabe 38 Hayato Yuge 40 Takuma Uchima 41 Mao Itoh 43 Sung Chia-hao 45 Tomotaka Matsui 46 Shoma Fujihira 47 Masaru Fujii 49 Masaya Nishigaki 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 53 Hosei Takata 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryota Takinaka 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Katsutoshi Tai 60 Ryota Ishibashi 62 Naoto Nishiguchi 64 Yūki Hayashi 68 Shinri Komine 69 Seiryū Uchi 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa 72 Satoshi Miyamori
Catchers	2 Hikaru Ohta 26 Ginjiro Sumitani 44 Takaya Tanaka 55 Yuma Yasuda 65 Kengo Horiuchi 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara
Infielders	0 Hiroto Kobukata 3 Hideto Asamura 4 Toshiki Abe 5 Eigoro Mogi 7 Daichi Suzuki 23 Maikel Franco 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 30 Ryūya Taira 33 Ginji 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 39 Yukiya Itoh 42 Chris Gittens 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 61 Toshitake Yokoo 63 Daiki Irie 66 Itsuki Murabayashi 78 Konosuke Tatsumi
Outfielders	6 Haruki Nishikawa 8 Ryosuke Tatsumi 9 Sōshi Yoshino 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takero Okajima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Ginji Maeda 50 Atsuki Mutoh 51 Yuya Ogo 54 Ren Wada 67 Yuya Shozui
Development players	Pitchers: 001 Tomoki Sato, 004 Shūichirō Hikiji, 007 Yōma Fukumori, 017 Wang Yan-cheng, 130 Kosei Koga, 135 Kotarō Seimiya, 155 Akihiro Takeshita Catchers: 022 Kei Mizugami, 137 Yūto Egawa Infielders: 131 Sotaro Nagata, 138 Estamy Urena, 141 Kiyoharu Sawano Outfielders: 142 Ōzora Yanagisawa, 144 Shō Ōkawara
First squad coaching	Manager: 99 Kazuhisa Ishii Hitting coaches: 84 Yuhei, 93 Taketoshi Goto Pitching coaches: 75 Shinichiro Koyama, 80 Takashi Ishii Battery coach: 82 Naoki Matoba Baserunning coaches: 74 Naoto Watanabe, 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa, 87 Manabu Satake
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Hajime Miki Hitting coaches: 89 Keizo Kawashima, 98 Toshiaki Imae Pitching coaches: 83 Satoshi Nagai, 91 Yuya Kubo Battery coach: 96 Masahiko Tanaka Baserunning coaches: 76 Yoshifumi Okada, 97 Wataru Nishimura Development coaches: 85 Akihisa Makida, 95 Hiroshi Narahara

Chiba Lotte Marines 2010 Japan Series champions

3 Saburo

8 Toshiaki Imae (Japan Series MVP)

41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi

43 Toshio Saito

48 Akichika Yamada

Manager: 78 Norifumi Nishimura

Coaches: Bench 76 Michio Aoyama; Hitting 75 Eiji Kanamori; Infield 72 Seiji Kamikawa; Outfield 73 Kenji Morozumi; Pitching 71 Takashi Nishimoto; Bullpen 79 Yuji Inoue; Catching 74 Kiyoshi Yamanaka; Coach 77 Kenji Yoshitsuru

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