As coach 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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