Koji Akiyama

Koji Akiyama 秋山幸二
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks — No. 81
Manager
Born: April 6, 1962 (1962-04-06) (age 49) Miyahara, Kumamoto, Japan
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: September 29, 1981 for the Seibu Lions
Last professional appearance
October 6, 2002 for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
NPB statistics
Batting average	.270
Hits	2157
RBIs	1312
Teams
As player Seibu Lions (1981 - 1993) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1994 - 2002) As manager Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2005 - )

Koji Akiyama (秋山幸二 Akiyama Kōji, born April 6, 1962 in Miyahara, Kumamoto) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He played for the Seibu Lions and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (currently the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He replaced Sadaharu Oh on October 8, 2008 as manager of the Hawks.

Career statistics

Year	Team	Squad number	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	BB+HBP	SO	BA
1981	Seibu Lions	71	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	.200
1982		24	Played at San Hose Bees to train
1983			Played at San Hose Bees to train
1984			54	140	16	33	5	2	4	54	14	6	13	32	.236
1985			130	468	93	118	16	0	40	254	93	17	70	115	.252
1986			130	492	88	132	19	3	41	280	115	21	63	94	.268
1987		1	130	496	82	130	13	2	43	276	94	38	51	102	.262
1988			130	517	93	151	23	2	38	292	103	20	58	132	.292
1989			130	478	92	144	24	4	31	269	99	31	73	93	.301
1990			130	476	84	122	16	0	35	243	91	51	73	120	.256
1991			116	455	97	135	23	3	35	269	88	21	55	96	.297
1992			130	480	92	142	26	2	31	265	89	13	83	114	.296
1993			127	470	67	116	23	4	30	237	72	9	65	136	.247
1994	Daiei Hawks		129	473	93	120	26	5	24	228	73	26	90	125	.254
1995			122	476	61	127	25	1	21	217	66	13	48	101	.264
1996			121	466	53	140	27	0	9	194	66	13	41	78	.300
1997			97	371	46	91	20	2	12	151	52	11	47	62	.245
1998			115	423	43	110	32	4	10	180	49	7	46	76	.260
1999			113	386	41	99	16	2	12	155	44	3	30	83	.256
2000			124	427	44	112	23	1	5	152	48	2	51	63	.262
2001			82	269	31	77	13	3	11	129	32	1	18	43	.286
2002			76	229	14	57	7	0	5	79	25	0	9	45	.249
Career Total			2189	7997	1231	2157	377	41	437	3927	1312	303	985	1712	.270

※Bolded figures are league leading

Titles and Accomplishments

Home Run Champion : once (1987)
Stolen Bases Champion : once (1990)
Decisive RBIs Champion : 4 times (1985,1987)
Best Nine : 8 times (1986–1993)
Golden Glove : 11 times (1987–1996,1999)
Matsutaro Shoriki Award : once (1991)
Japan Series MVP : Twice (1991, 1999)
Hitting for the cycle : once (Jul 13, 1989)

400 HR and 300 SB (Only one other player in history)
30 HR and 50 SB in single season (only he achieved)
18 consecutive year's appearance at All-Star Game (1985–2002) (The longest for consecutive record)

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

Awards
Preceded by Masaaki Mori	Matsutaro Shoriki Award 1991	Succeeded by Takehiro Ishii

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

First squad	1 Hiroshi Shibahara \| 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka \| 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda \| 6 Hitoshi Tamura \| 9 Hiroki Kokubo \| 11 Shinsuke Ogura \| 14 Takahiro Mahara \| 19 Masahiko Morifuku \| 21 Tsuyoshi Wada \| 23 Ryuma Kidokoro \| 24 Seiichi Uchikawa \| 25 Brian Falkenborg \| 27 Toru Hosokawa \| 28 Kenji Ohtonari \| 30 Yuya Hasegawa \| 32 Satoru Morimoto \| 34 Hiroki Yamada \| 36 Kenji Akashi \| 40 Yoshiaki Fujioka \| 42 Alex Cabrera \| 46 Yuichi Honda \| 48 Keisuke Kattoh \| 49 Jose Ortiz \| 47 Toshiya Sugiuchi \| 50 Tadashi Settsu \| 51 Takehito Kanazawa \| 52 Munenori Kawasaki \| 54 D. J. Houlton \| 62 Katsuki Yamazaki \| 70 Hidenori Tanoue \|

Second squad	00 Teruaki Yoshikawa \| 0 Tadaatsu Nakazawa \| 2 Kenta Imamiya \| 4 Masaumi Shimizu \| 7 Soichiro Tateoka \| 10 Keiji Nakahara \| 12 Hiroaki Takaya \| 13 Hideaki Takahashi \| 17 Shota Ohba \| 18 Nagisa Arakaki \| 20 Shingo Tatsumi \| 22 Ayatsugu Yamashita \| 26 Hiroyuki Kawahara \| 29 Reo Chikada \| 31 Kenta Nakanishi \| 33 Sho Arima \| 37 Shuhei Fukuda \| 38 Yasushi Kamiuchi \| 39 Yuki Kume \| 41 Sho Iwasaki \| 43 Tomoaki Egawa \| 44 Yuki Yanagida \| 45 Lee Tu-Hsuan \| 53 Keisuke Kaneko \| 55 Teruaki Yoshikawa \| 55 Yusuke Kosai \| 56 Daichi Hoshino \| 57 Anthony Lerew \| 58 Takeshi Tsuji \| 59 Takaki Minami \| 60 Akira Nakamura \| 61 Kim Mu-yon \| 63 Ryuta Ohtahara \| 66 Kazumi Saitoh \| 64 Toru Takahashi \| 65 Yuki Shimooki \| 67 Masato Sakata \| 68 Koji Toyofuku \| 91 Yan Yao-Shun \| 121 Keisuke Yasuda (Trainee) \| 126 Daiki Nakahara (Trainee) \| 127 Daichiro Itoh (Trainee) \| 128 Kodai Senga (Trainee) \| 129 Taisei Makihara (Trainee) \| 130 Takuya Kai (Trainee) \| 131 Akihiro Yanase (Trainee) \| 132 Ryuta Ohtahara (Trainee) \| 133 Shunya Suzuki (Trainee) \| 134 Hiroaki Ohnishi (Trainee) \| 135 Yuji Ohshiro (Trainee) \| 136 Soichi Fujita (Trainee) \| 140 Juan DeLeon (Trainee) \|

First squad Coaching	Manager: 81 Koji Akiyama \| Head coach: 80 Daijiro Ohishi \| Pitching coaches: 82 Ikuo Takayama, 86 Keisaburo Tanoue \| Hitting coach: 83 Yoshiie Tachibana \| Baserunning coaches: 84 Hiroshi Yugamidani, 87 Tatsuya Ide \| Battery coach: 85 Tetsuya Matoyama \| Conditioning coaches: 92 Shuichi Yamakawa, 96 Shingo Kan

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 71 Yusuke Torigoe \| Pitching coach: 73 Manabu Saitoh \| Hitting coaches: 75 Yoshinori Yamamura \| Baserunning coaches: 77 Takaya Hayashi, 87 Akihito Igarashi \| Battery coach: 72 Masanori Taguchi \| Conditioning coach: 95 Takashi Kawamura \| Assistant conditioning coach: 93 Junji Hoshino \| Assistant coach (Pitchers): 94 Shinji Kurano \| Assistant coach (Fielders): 97 Katsuhiko Miyaji \| Assistant coach (Battery): 99 Hiroyuki Mori \|


Current managers highlighted
Central League	Pacific League
Chunichi Dragons (Ochiai)	Chiba Lotte Marines (Nishimura)
Hanshin Tigers (Mayumi)	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (Akiyama)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Nomura)	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (Nashida)
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (Ogawa)	Orix Buffaloes (Okada)
Yokohama BayStars (Obana)	Saitama Seibu Lions (Watanabe)
Yomiuri Giants (Hara)	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (Hoshino)
Others:

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Name	Akiyama, Koji
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Date of birth	April 6, 1962
Place of birth	Miyahara, Kumamoto, Japan
Date of death
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