As coach Masato Okumura (奥村 政稔, Okumura Masato, born August 14, 1992) is a Japanese former Professional baseball pitcher, and current fourth squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.
[3] On March 29, 2019, Okumura debuted in the Pacific League as a relief pitcher and recorded a Hold in the opening match of the 2019 season against the Saitama Seibu Lions.
[4] Since then, he has pitched in eight games, but on April 20, he hurt his right elbow and left the team for treatment.
[9] On November 13 2022, since he is expected to spend the 2023 season in rehabilitation, the Hawks re-signed him as a developmental player at his current estimated salary of 9 million yen.
[12] On October 31, 2023, Okumura became the fourth squad pitching coach of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.