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Japanese baseball player and coach Baseball player

Kazuki Inoue

Chunichi Dragons – No. 99
Outfielder/Coach/Manager
Born: (1971-07-25) July 25, 1971 (age 53) Mizobe, Kagoshima, Japan
Batted: LeftThrew: Left
NPB debut
May 11, 1991, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last NPB appearance
October 24, 2009, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
Batting average	.275
Home runs	79
RBI	349

Teams
As player Chunichi Dragons (1990–2009) As coach Chunichi Dragons (2010–2013) Hanshin Tigers (2020-2022) Chunichi Dragons (2024) As manager Chunichi Dragons (2025–present)
Career highlights and awards
1× Golden Spirit Award (2003)

Kazuki Inoue (井上一樹, Inoue Kazuki, born July 25, 1971) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and current manager for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played 17 seasons in NPB from 1990 to 2009 for the Dragons.

Career

On October 10, 2024, Inoue was unveiled as the successor to Kazuyoshi Tatsunami as Chunichi Dragons manager.

References

INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2024-10-10). "中日・井上一樹新監督が誕生選手に「俺の好きな選手になれ」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-13.
"【中日】井上一樹新監督、「第２のピンキー」待ち望む「上を目指したい気持ちがある選手が好き」就任会見 (スポーツ報知)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-13.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

v t e Chunichi Dragons current roster
Pitchers	11 Shinnosuke Ogasawara 13 Yūki Hashimoto 14 Shō Kusaka 16 Shō Iwasaki 17 Yūya Yanagi 18 Kōdai Umetsu 19 Hiroto Takahashi 20 Hideaki Wakui 21 Yumeto Kanemaru 22 Yūdai Ōno 26 Reia Nakachi 28 Hiroto Mori 29 Yūta Matsukihira 30 Akira Neo 32 Mao Itō 33 Daisuke Sobue 34 Hiroto Fuku 36 Kōnosuke Fukuda 38 Takahiro Matsuba 41 Akiyoshi Katsuno 46 Yūgo Umeno 47 Seiya Yoshida 48 Shōta Habu 50 Tatsuya Shimizu 54 Kento Fujishima 59 Kōki Saitō 61 Kōsuke Takahashi 64 Keito Arima 90 Shinya Matsuyama 91 Humberto Mejía 93 Kyle Muller
Catchers	9 Yūta Ishii 35 Takuya Kinoshita 39 Shingo Usami 43 Taisei Miya 49 Takuma Katō 57 Ryūnosuke Yamaasa 58 Kōta Ishibashi
Infielders	0 Rintarō Tsujimoto 2 Mikiya Tanaka 3 Shūhei Takahashi 4 Orlando Calixte 5 Kaito Muramatsu 6 Shō Nakata 7 Hiroki Fukunaga 24 Jason Vosler 25 Takaya Ishikawa 27 Keishi Tsuda 31 Shunta Mori 37 Shōnosuke Hama 45 Ryūku Tsuchida 60 Yasuhiro Yamamoto 95 Cristián Rodríguez 97 Seishū Higuchi
Outfielders	00 Gōki Oda 1 Yūki Okabayashi 8 Yōhei Ōshima 42 Kenta Bright 44 Seiji Kawagoe 51 Seiji Uebayashi 53 Shunta 55 Seiya Hosokawa 63 Yutaro Itayama 66 Kōsuke Ukai
Development	201 Ryūma Katō 202 Naiki Nakamura 203 Kenya Inoue 204 Mizuki Miura 207 Mao Hoshino 208 Shō Ishikawa 209 Yūma Fukumoto 210 Toshiya Okada 212 Tento Nonaka 213 Akio Moriyama 214 Ren Kondō 215 Tōki Hiwatari 216 Towa Kikuta 218 Rii Kawakami 219Randy Martínez 220 Carlos Monier
First squad coaching	Manager: 99 Kazuki Inoue Pitching coaches: 83 Daisuke Yamai, 82 Takuya Asao Hitting coordinator: 89 Nobuhiko Matsunaka Hitting/Strategy coach: 78 Masahiko Morino Battery coach: 72 Shōta Ōno Position player coordinator: 74 Yūji Iiyama Baserunning/defense coaches: 71 Naomichi Donoue, 87 Yutaka Nakamura Roving pitching/Development coach: 76 Akinori Ōtsuka
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Eiji Ochiai Pitching coordinator: 77 Shinichirō Koyama Pitching coach: 98 Shinji Tajima Hitting coordinator: 75 Masaaki Koike Hitting coach: 84 Nobumasa Fukuda Battery coach: 80 Kōhei Oda Baserunning/defense coaches: 81 Yūto Morikoshi, 79 Ryōsuke Hirata Position player/Development coach: 85 Hiroyuki Watanabe Pitching/Development coach: 86 Masato Kobayashi

Nippon Professional Baseball managers by team

Central League	Pacific League
Kazuki Inoue (Chunichi Dragons)	Masato Yoshii (Chiba Lotte Marines)
Kyuji Fujikawa (Hanshin Tigers)	Hiroki Kokubo (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks)
Takahiro Arai (Hiroshima Toyo Carp)	Tsuyoshi Shinjo (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters)
Shingo Takatsu (Tokyo Yakult Swallows)	Mamoru Kishida (Orix Buffaloes)
Daisuke Miura (Yokohama DeNA BayStars)	Fumiya Nishiguchi (Saitama Seibu Lions)
Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri Giants)	Hajime Miki (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles)

v t e Chunichi Dragons managers
Yutaka Ikeda (1936) Kaishi Masu (1937) Kaishi Masu (1938–1939) Tokuro Konishi (1939–1941) Chikayoshi Honda (1941–1942) Kaishi Masu (1943) Daisuke Miyake (1944) Yoshikazu Takeuchi (1946) Kiyoshi Sugiura (1946–1948) Shunichi Amachi (1949–1951) Michinoru Tsubouchi (1952–1953) Shunichi Amachi (1954) Akira Noguchi (1955–1956) Shunichi Amachi (1957–1958) Wataru Nōnin (1960–1962) Kiyoshi Sugiura (1963–1964) Michio Nishizawa (1964–1967) Shigeru Sugishita (1968) Itsurō Honda (1968) Shigeru Mizuhara (1969–1971) Wally Yonamine (1972–1977) Toshio Naka (1978–1980) Sadao Kondō (1981–1983) Kazuhiro Yamauchi (1984–1986) Morimichi Takagi (1986) Senichi Hoshino (1987–1991) Morimichi Takagi (1992–1995) Sadayuki Tokutake (1995) Ikuo Shimano (1995) Senichi Hoshino (1996–2001) Hisashi Yamada (2002–2003) Kyosuke Sasaki (2003) Hiromitsu Ochiai (2004–2011) Morimichi Takagi (2012–2013) Motonobu Tanishige (2014–2016) Shigekazu Mori (2016–2018) Tsuyoshi Yoda (2019–2021) Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (2022–2024) Kazuki Inoue (2025–present)

Chunichi Dragons managers

Yutaka Ikeda (1936)
Kaishi Masu (1937)
Kaishi Masu (1938–1939)
Tokuro Konishi (1939–1941)
Chikayoshi Honda (1941–1942)
Kaishi Masu (1943)
Daisuke Miyake (1944)
Yoshikazu Takeuchi (1946)
Kiyoshi Sugiura (1946–1948)
Shunichi Amachi (1949–1951)
Michinoru Tsubouchi (1952–1953)
Shunichi Amachi (1954)
Akira Noguchi (1955–1956)
Shunichi Amachi (1957–1958)
Wataru Nōnin (1960–1962)
Kiyoshi Sugiura (1963–1964)
Michio Nishizawa (1964–1967)
Shigeru Sugishita (1968)
Itsurō Honda (1968)
Shigeru Mizuhara (1969–1971)
Wally Yonamine (1972–1977)
Toshio Naka (1978–1980)
Sadao Kondō (1981–1983)
Kazuhiro Yamauchi (1984–1986)
Morimichi Takagi (1986)
Senichi Hoshino (1987–1991)
Morimichi Takagi (1992–1995)
Sadayuki Tokutake (1995)
Ikuo Shimano (1995)
Senichi Hoshino (1996–2001)
Hisashi Yamada (2002–2003)
Kyosuke Sasaki (2003)
Hiromitsu Ochiai (2004–2011)
Morimichi Takagi (2012–2013)
Motonobu Tanishige (2014–2016)
Shigekazu Mori (2016–2018)
Tsuyoshi Yoda (2019–2021)
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (2022–2024)
Kazuki Inoue (2025–present)

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