As coach Naomichi Donoue (堂上 直倫, born September 23, 1988, in Japan) is a coach and former Japanese professional baseball player for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
[1] While mainly used as a utility infielder for the majority of his career, Donoue became the every day starting shortstop for the Dragons in the 2016 season showing great defensive abilities as well as handy form with the bat.
On 28 August 2016, Donoue hit his first career grand slam at the Nagoya Dome against the would-be Central League champion Hiroshima Carp in a 7–5 victory.
[3] His elder brother Takehiro is former professional baseball player who played for both the Dragons and the Yomiuri Giants.
[4] This biographical article relating to a Japanese baseball infielder is a stub.