As coach Takashi Sasagawa (笹川 隆, Sasagawa Takashi, born November 8, 1979) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder, catcher, and current the fourth squad infield defense and base running coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
[2] In 2003 season, Sasagawa traded for Chen Wen-bin of the Chinatrust Whales of the CPBL at the deadline.
[4] He was a member of the Hawks for eight seasons, with a total of 23 games played, a .235 batting average, four hits.
After his retirement, Sasagawa had been a scout for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks since the 2006 season, acquiring players such as Yuya Hasegawa.
[2][7][8] He serve as the fourth squad infield defense and base running coach beginning with the 2023 season.