Makoto Kosaka

Kosaka playing for the Yomiuri Giants' farm team in 2008.

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters – No. 85

Coach

Born: July 2, 1973
Miyagi, Japan

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

NPB debut

April 5, 1997, for the Chiba Lotte Marines

Last NPB appearance

August 12, 2010, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

NPB statistics
(through 2010 season)

Batting average

.251

Hits

1069

RBIs

303

Stolen bases

279

Teams

As Player

As Coach

Career highlights and awards

1997 Pacific League Rookie of the Year
2x Pacific League stolen base champion (1998, 2000)
4x Pacific League Golden Glove Award (1999-2001, 2005)
2x Japan Series champion (2005), (2008)
5x NPB All-Star (1997, 1999-2001, 2003)

Last update: January 19, 2014

Makoto Kosaka (小坂誠, Kosaka Makoto, born July 2, 1973 in Yamamoto, Miyagi, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder and the current coach of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Makoto Kosaka is well known for his fast running skills (50m in 5.6 seconds and 100m in 11.2 seconds.)

References

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters current roster

Active roster	1 Dai-Kang Yang 2 Kenshi Sugiya 3 Kensuke Tanaka 4 Yuji Iiyama 5 Brandon Laird 6 Sho Nakata 7 Haruki Nishikawa 8 Kensuke Kondo 9 Takuya Nakashima 10 Yushi Shimizu 11 Shohei Otani 12 Go Matsumoto 13 Yuya Ishii 14 Takayuki Kato 15 Luis Mendoza 16 Kohei Arihara 17 Hiroshi Urano 18 Yuki Saito 19 Hirotoshi Masui 20 Kenta Uehara 21 Hisashi Takeda 23 Ryo Watanabe 25 Naoki Miyanishi 26 Daiki Asama 27 Shota Ohno 28 Hayato Arakaki 29 Kazutomo Iguchi 30 Yohei Kagiya 31 Hiromi Oka 32 Susumu Orui 33 Hideki Sunaga 34 Mitsuo Yoshikawa 35 Yodai Enoshita 36 Masaru Nakamura 37 Kenji Yano 38 Masaru Takeda 39 Hirotoshi Takanashi 40 Masashi Kanehira 43 Akihiro Hakumura 45 Shota Hiranuma 46 Hayao Segawa 47 Toyoki Tanaka 48 Keisuke Tanimoto 49 Shingo Ishikawa 50 Ruita Usami 51 Naoya Ishikawa 52 Anthony Bass 53 Shota Tatsuta 54 Yutaka Otsuka 55 Chris Martin 56 Tomoya Ichikawa 57 Shogo Yagi 58 Toshitake Yokoo 59 Yuki Yoshida 60 Yuji Arabari 61 Yuya Himeno 62 Yuto Takahama 63 Naoyuki Uwasawa 64 Yuya Taniguchi 65 Kengo Ota 66 Takumi Oshima 67 Ryosuke Kishizato 68 Ryo Ishikawa 70 Tomohito Yoneno

Coaching staff	Manager 80 Hideki Kuriyama

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