2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season

Nippon Professional Baseball team season

2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
Record	60-62-21 (.492)
League place	4th
Parent company	SoftBank Group
General manager	Sugihiko Mikasa
Manager	Kimiyasu Kudo

The 2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season was the 83rd season of the franchise in Nippon Professional Baseball, their 16th season under SoftBank Group, their 32nd season in Fukuoka, and their 28th season in Fukuoka PayPay Dome. This season was Kimiyasu Kudo's last season managing the Hawks, after a 6 year run. 2021 was also the first time the Hawks missed qualifying for the Climax Series play-offs after the 2013 season, and the first time they failed to maintain a .500 winning percentage since 2008.

Regular season

The Hawks failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2013, going 60-62-21 with a .492 winning percentage, barely going below .500 winning percentage.

2021 Pacific League standings ^[1]
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	.Pct	GB	Home	Road
1	Orix Buffaloes	143	70	55	18	.560	—	38-22-12	32–33–6
2	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	67	57	19	.540	2½	33-32-7	34–25–12
3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	66	62	15	.514	5½	31-33-8	35–29–7
4	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	60	62	21	.492	8½	31-29-11	29–33–10
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	55	68	20	.447	14	25-36-10	30–32–10
6	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	55	70	18	.440	15	30-34-7	25–36–11

Roster

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First squad		Second squad
Pitchers 11 Yuki Tsumori 14 Katsuki Matayoshi 16 Nao Higashihama 17 Kohei Arihara 29 Shuta Ishikawa 35 Liván Moinelo 40 Kazuki Sugiyama 47 Tomohisa Ohzeki 48 Kouya Fujii 54 Roberto Osuna 59 Takehiro Hasegawa 63 Darwinzon Hernández 66 Yuki Matsumoto Catchers 12 Hiroki Minei 19 Takuya Kai 62 Takashi Umino	Infielders 0 Hikaru Kawase 6 Kenta Imamiya 23 Ukyo Shuto 24 Ryoya Kurihara 25 Hotaka Yamakawa 33 Ryuta Hirose 69 Keisuke Nakata Outfielders 3 Kensuke Kondoh 7 Akira Nakamura 30 Naoki Satoh 32 Tatsuru Yanagimachi 57 Riku Ogata 61 Yuto Kawamura Manager 90 Hiroki Kokubo Coaches Head coach 92 Hiroshi Narahara Pitching 94 Shinji Kurano 72 Kenichi Wakatabe 71 Kenichi Nakata Hitting 93 Arihito Muramatsu 78 Takayuki Murakami Infield defense & base running 80 Yuichi Honda Outfield defense & base running 87 Tatsuya Ide Battery 84 Hiroaki Takaya	Pitchers 1 Kyuta Kazama 2 Carter Stewart Jr. 18 Shota Takeda 21 Tsuyoshi Wada 26 Ryosuke Ohtsu 27 Shunsuke Iwai 34 Kenichi Murata 38 Ryotaro Sawayanagi 39 Shuto Ogata 41 Yugo Maeda 49 Haru Matsumoto 50 Yugo Bandoh 53 Ryo Ohyama 56 Fumimaru Taura 58 Taisei Kimura 60 Kazuo Ohno 67 Shunsuke Kasaya 68 Hikaru Kimura 70 Sota Tanoue Catchers 22 Kota Makihara 45 Kenta Tanigawara 64 Kengo Yoshida 65 Yutaro Fujita 79 Riku Watanabe	Infielders 8 Taisei Makihara 13 Masaki Mimori 36 Ikhine Itua 43 Tomoya Inoue 46 Jumpei Kawarada 52 Richard 55 Daiju Nomura 99 Isami Nomura Outfielders 9 Yuki Yanagita 28 Adam Walker 31 Tomoya Masaki 37 Ikumi 44 Yoshiyasu Sasagawa Manager 74 Hideaki Matsuyama (Second squad) 85 Hiroshi Ogawa (Third squad) 011 Kazumi Saito (Fourth squad) Coaches Pitching 73 Takashi Ogasawara (2nd SQ) 76 Hayato Terahara (2nd SQ) 86 Masahiro Sakumoto (3rd SQ) 97 Kazuhisa Makita (3rd SQ) 012 Hidetaka Kawagoe (4th SQ) 013 Masato Okumura (4th SQ) Hitting 77 Ryo Yoshimoto (2nd SQ) 88 Kenji Akashi (2nd SQ) 75 Noriyoshi Omichi (3rd SQ) 013 Shigeru Morikasa (4th SQ) Infield defense & base running 82 Tomoki Takata (2nd SQ) 91 Keisuke Kaneko (3rd SQ) 014 Takashi Sasagawa (4th SQ) Outfield defense & base running 96 Ryuma Kidokoro (2nd SQ) 98 Fumikazu Takanami (3rd SQ) 015 Go Kamamoto (4th SQ) Battery 016 Masaumi Shimizu (2nd SQ) 95 Kenji Yoshitsuru (3rd SQ) 016 Tetsuya Matoyama (4th SQ)} Rehabilitation coach 017 Ryoji Moriyama (Pitcher) 018 Masahiro Nakatani (Field player) Coordinator 019 Koichi Sekikawa (Field player) 020 Junji Hoshino (Pitcher) 022 Hiroyuki Mori (Battery) 023 Hisao Arakane (Base running) Training 008 Kim Won-hyong (Training)
Development Players
120 Hiroki Sato (P) 121 Soichiro Ishizuka (C) 122 Keio Fujino (IF) 124 Shuji Kuwahara (IF) 125 Yuri Furukawa (P) 126 Yuwa Miyasato (P) 128 Daisuke Itoh (IF) 129 Kyoshiro Sakura (IF) 130 Haruki Katsuren (IF) 131 Koki Nakazawa (IF) 133 Kotaro Hoshino (P) 134 Shinno Ohshiro (P) 135 Alexander Armenta (P) 136 Fuga Otake (P) 137 Ryota Nakamura (P) 139 Sanshiro Izaki (P) 140 Mizuki Miura (P) 141 Mailon Felix (P) 142 Haruto Fujiwara (P) 143 Shun Murakami (P) 144 Marco Simon (OF) 145 Hammond (P) 146 Jumpei Fujita (P) 147 Koki Kato (P) 148 Takuma Yamasaki (P) 149 Takuto Sakuma (IF) 150 Keita Yamamoto (OF) 151 Sora Kato (C) 152 Masaki Takimoto (P) 153 Yoshiki Mishiro (IF) 154 Takuma Sato (P) 156 Luis Rodríguez (P) 157 Jui Kobayashi (P) 158 Ren Akaba (P) 159 Kyogo Yamashita (IF) 160 Keishin Nagamizu (P) 161 Kaito Uchino (P) 162 Junpei Okaue (P) 163 Akito Sasaki (P) 164 Sota Mizuguchi (P) 165 Hayato Miyazaki (P) 166 Kaito Shigematsu (OF) 167 Jun Maeda (P) 168 Kota Sato (OF) 169 Yusei Tobita (IF) 170 Ayuma Nishio (IF) 171 Ryota Morishima (C) 172 Yuki Watanabe (P) 173 Jose Ozuna (OF) 174 Takuya Kuwahara (P) 175 David Almonte (IF) 176 Dario Sardy (P)
Updated June 7, 2024		→ All NPB rosters

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Established in 1938
Formerly the Nankai Club, the Kinki Nippon Club, the Kinki Great Ring, the Nankai Hawks, and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

The Franchise

History
Seasons
Records
Players
Managers

Ballparks

Sakai Ohama Stadium
Nankai Nakamozu Stadium
Koshien Stadium
Osaka Stadium
Heiwadai Stadium
Fukuoka PayPay Dome

Honored numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Masayoshi Son
Management: SoftBank Group
Chairman: Sadaharu Oh
General manger: Sugihiko Mikasa
Executive officer: Tomohiro Nagai
Manager: Hiroki Kokubo

Japanese Baseball League championships (2)

1946
1948

Japan Series championships (11)

Pacific League championships (19)

Playoff berths (18)

Culture

Izayuke Wakataka Army Corps

Seasons (83)
1930s	1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022