Motoyuki Akahori

Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager

Baseball player

Motoyuki Akahori

Kufu HAYATE Ventures Shizuoka – No. 19
Pitching Coach/Pitcher
Born: (1970-04-07) April 7, 1970 (age 54) Shizuoka, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
May 3, 1989, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
Last appearance
September 24, 2004, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
NPB statistics
Win–loss	58–45
ERA	2.88
Strikeouts	590
Saves	139

Teams
As player Kintetsu Buffaloes/Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1989 – 2004) As coach Orix Buffaloes (2005 – 2009, 2011 – 2014) (pitching) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2017 – 2018) (pitching) Chunichi Dragons (2019 – 2021) As manager Niigata Albirex Baseball Club (2015 – 2016)

Motoyuki Akahori (赤堀元之, Akahori Motoyuki, born in Shizuoka, Japan) is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player. He was formerly with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Currently, he was most recently the first team pitching coach of the Chunichi Dragons.