is a Japanese former

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Moder ...

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field, between first base and third base. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns pla ...

and current hitting coach for the

Tokyo Yakult Swallows The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams in Tokyo, the other being the Yomiuri G ...

Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league ...

(NPB). He played in NPB for the Swallows from 2001 to 2019. Hatakeyama was the 2015

Central League The or , also known as the for sponsorship reasons, is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League i ...

leader in runs batted in, with 105. His retirement ceremony was conducted on September 21, 2019.

Career

On September 13, 2019, Hatakeyama held a press conference with

Shohei Tateyama is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher and currently pitting coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the NPB. Background Tateyama began his pro ...

confirming his retirement.

References

External links

NPB.com
1982 births Living people Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists in baseball Asian Games baseball players for Japan Baseball players at the 2002 Asian Games Japanese baseball coaches Japanese baseball players Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen Nippon Professional Baseball left fielders Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen People from Hanamaki, Iwate Baseball people from Iwate Prefecture Tokyo Yakult Swallows players Yakult Swallows players {{Japan-baseball-infielder-stub