Hiroki Kokubo

Hiroki Kokubo
Hiroki Kokubo
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 90
	First baseman / Third baseman / Manager
	Born: October 8, 1971; Wakayama, Japan
	Batted: Right-handed Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 9, 1994, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Last NPB appearance
	October 8, 2012, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics
Batting average	.273
Hits	2,041
Home runs	413
Runs batted in	1,304
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1994–2003); Yomiuri Giants (2004–2006); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2007–2012); As manager Japan national baseball team (2013–2017); As coach & manager Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2021–present);
Career highlights and awards
	As player 3× Golden Glove Award (1995, 2010, 2011); 3× Best Nine Award (1995, 1997, 2011); 3× Monthly MVP (June 2000, July 2004, April 2007); Comeback Player of the Year Award (2004); 2x Japan Series champion (1999, 2011); Japan Series MVP (2011); 11× All-Star (1995–1997, 2000–2002, 2004, 2007–2009, 2011); As manager/coach Japan Series champion (2025);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
Olympic Games

Hiroki Kokubo (小久保裕紀, Kokubo Hiroki; born October 8, 1971) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder, and current manager for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Hawks and Yomiuri Giants, and had 2,000 hits.