is a professional Japanese

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 ...

player. Koike played outfield and infield for the

Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...

(2008–2011) and for the

Yokohama DeNA BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...

(2012–2013). Koike announced his retirement on October 1, 2013 and his final at-bat, hit a home run. In 2014, the

hired Koike as first team batting coach.

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1980 births Living people Baseball people from Yokohama Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Yokohama BayStars players Chunichi Dragons players Yokohama DeNA BayStars players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{Japan-baseball-infielder-stub