2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season

2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
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

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks roster
First team		Second team
Pitchers 10 Naoyuki Uwasawa 11 Yūki Tsumori 17 Kōhei Arihara 35 Liván Moinelo 40 Kazuki Sugiyama 41 Yūgo Maeda 47 Tomohisa Ohzeki 48 Kōya Fujii 49 Haru Matsumoto 53 Ryō Ohyama 60 Kazuo Ohno 63 Darwinzon Hernández 66 Yūki Matsumoto 95 Tōya Kawaguchi Catchers 12 Hiroki Minei 45 Kenta Tanigawara 55 Sōichirō Ishizuka 62 Takashi Umino	Infielders 0 Hikaru Kawase 4 Jeter Downs 5 Hotaka Yamakawa 8 Taisei Makihara 23 Ukyō Shūtō 33 Ryūta Hirose 99 Isami Nomura Outfielders 3 Kensuke Kondoh 7 Akira Nakamura 30 Naoki Satoh 32 Tatsuru Yanagimachi 57 Riku Ogata 77 Keita Yamamoto Manager 90 Hiroki Kokubo Coaches 92 Hiroshi Narahara Head 94 Shinji Kurano Chief pitching/Head coordinator 72 Kenichi Wakatabe Bullpen pitching 71 Kenichi Nakata Bullpen assistant 78 Takayuki Murakami Batting 80 Yūichi Honda Infield defense/base running/strategy 79 Takayuki Ohnishi Outfield defense/base running/strategy 84 Hiroaki Takaya Battery	Pitchers 2 Carter Stewart Jr. 13 Haruhiro Hamaguchi 14 Katsuki Matayoshi 16 Nao Higashihama 18 Shōta Takeda 20 Taito Murakami 26 Ryōsuke Ohtsu 27 Shunsuke Iwai 28 Shun Antoku 29 Ryūsei Ohe 34 Kenichi Murata 39 Shūto Ogata 42 Yūsuke Itoh 50 Yūgo Bandoh 51 Jun Maeda 54 Roberto Osuna 56 Fumimaru Taura 58 Taisei Kimura 59 Takehiro Hasegawa 64 Taiga Kamichatani 68 Hikaru Kimura 69 Shunsuke Iwasaki Catchers 00 Riku Watanabe 22 Kōta Makihara 65 Yūtarō Fujita	Infielders 6 Kenta Imamiya 24 Ryōya Kurihara 25 Yūdai Shōji 36 Ikhine Itua 43 Tomoya Inoue 46 Shinjirō Uno 52 Yūto Akihiro 67 Sōma Ishimi Outfielders 9 Yūki Yanagita 31 Tomoya Masaki 44 Yoshiyasu Sasagawa 61 Yūto Kawamura Manager 74 Hideaki Matsuyama (Second squad) 88 Kazumi Saitō (Third squad) 011 Motoi Ōgoshi (Third squad) Coaches 73 Takashi Ogasawara (Chief pitching) 97 Kazuhisa Makita (Farm pitching) 93 Arihito Muramatsu (Batting) 82 Tomoki Takata (Infield defense/base running) 96 Ryūma Kidokoro (Outfield defense/base running) 87 Tōru Hosokawa (Battery) Third squad 76 Hayato Terahara (Farm pitching) 86 Masato Okumura (Pitching) 75 Noriyoshi Ōmichi (Batting) 91 Keisuke Kaneko (Infield defense/base running) 98 Fumikazu Takanami (Outfield defense/base running) 83 Masaumi Shimizu (Battery) Fourth squad 024 Felipe Natel (Pitching) 013 Shigeru Morikasa (Batting) 014 Takashi Sasagawa (Infield defense/base running) 015 Gō Kamamoto (Outfield defense/base running) 016 Tetsuya Matoyama (Battery) 017 Ryōji Moriyama (Pitchers rehabilitation) 018 Masahiro Nakatani (Field players rehabilitation) 012 Hidetaka Kawagoe (General farm pitching coordinator) 020 Junji Hoshino (Pitching coordinator) 023 Hisao Arakane (General fielding) 019 Kōichi Sekikawa (Fielding) 022 Hiroyuki Mori (Fielding) 021 Tatsuya Ide (Fielding coordinator)
Development Players
121 Zairen (IF) 122 Keio Fujino (IF) 123 Shūya Ōizumi (OF) 124 Shūji Kuwahara (IF) 125 Sō Ōtomo (C) 126 Yūwa Miyasato (P) 127 Yūki Hirose (IF) 128 Shinichirō Kawano (P) 129 Kyōshirō Sakura (IF) 130 Haruki Katsuren (IF) 131 Kōki Nakazawa (IF) 133 Kotaro Hoshino (P) 134 Shinno Ohshiro (P) 135 Alexander Armenta (P) 136 Fūga Ōtake (P) 137 Kenshirō Tsukayama (P) 138 Yūta Aihara (P) 139 Sanshirō Izaki (P) 140 Kōichirō Okada (P) 141 Ryotaro Sawayanagi (P) 142 Haruto Fujiwara (P) 143 Kōha Gyofu (OF) 144 Marco Simón (OF) 145 Hammond (P) 146 Jumpei Fujita (P) 147 Hayato Kinoshita (OF) 148 Takuma Yamasaki (P) 149 Taiga Kumagai (P) 151 Sora Katō (C) 152 Dan Shioji (P) 153 Chang Chun-Wei (P) 154 Ikumi (OF) 155 Kyūta Kazama (P) 156 Luis Rodríguez (P) 157 Sōta Tanoue (P) 158 Ren Akaba (P) 159 Kyōgo Yamashita (IF) 160 Keishin Nagamizu (P) 161 Kaito Uchino (P) 162 Junpei Okaue (P) 163 Akito Sasaki (P) 164 Sōta Mizuguchi (P) 165 Hayato Miyazaki (P) 166 Kaito Shigematsu (OF) 167 Jumpei Kawarada (IF) 168 Kōta Satō (OF) 169 Yūsei Tobita (P) 170 Ayuma Nishio (IF) 171 Ryōta Morishima (C) 173 José Ozuna (OF) 175 David Almonte (IF) 176 Darío Sarduy (P)
Updated July 13, 2025		→ All NPB rosters

References

^ "2021 Pacific League standings". Nippon Professional Baseball.

[1] "2021 Pacific League standings". Nippon Professional Baseball.

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