As coach Masahiro Sakumoto (佐久本 昌広, Sakumoto Masahiro, born July 15, 1974) is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher, and current the third squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
[1] He previously played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, the Hanshin Tigers, and the Yokohama BayStars.
[4] Sakumoto had been active as a setup man since his rookie year, pitched in 73 games in the 1996 and 1997 seasons.
[2] He played seven seasons with the Hawks, but was traded to the Hanshin Tigers exchange to Masashi Matsuda in the off-season of 2002.
[4] On November 7, 2014, Sakumoto was appointed as the third squad pitching coach of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.