is a former Japanese professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks , Yokohama BayStars,

Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur ...

and

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 based in Tokyo, the other being the Yom ...

of the

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

(NPB). On September 17, 2019, Terahara announced his retirement. On October 31 2022, The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks announced that Terahara will take over as pitching coach from the 2023 season

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1983 births Living people Fukuoka Daiei Hawks players Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Orix Buffaloes players Baseball people from Miyazaki Prefecture Tokyo Yakult Swallows players Yokohama BayStars players Japanese baseball coaches category:Nippon Professional Baseball coaches People from Miyazaki (city) {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub