The picture is a bit weird...Legendary Guwata (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball team) who led the team to win the title and resigned due to poor performance in the first team and left the Yomiuri in five years

Oct 29, 2025

The picture is a bit weird...Legendary Guwata (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball team) who led the team to win the title and resigned due to poor performance in the first team and left the Yomiuri in five years
Yomiuri Giants' second-tier coach Guwata suddenly announced his resignation on the 28th. He joined his former team, Yomiuri, in 2021 and left the team for the first time in five years. Sports Nippon Headquarters Partnership



The picture is a bit weird...Legendary Guwata (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball team) who led the team to win the title and resigned due to poor performance in the first team and left the Yomiuri in five years
Guwata won 173 games in the Yomiuri Giants and challenged the major leagues in 2007. He pitched in 19 games that year for Pittsburgh. Sports Chosun DB
The Yomiuri Giants' second-tier coach, Masumi Guwata (57), suddenly announced his resignation on the 28th. Guwata is the real main character of the Japanese baseball cartoon 'H2', which many baseball fans consider to be their favorite cartoon. He returned to the field in 15 years after being called by coach Tatsunori Hara in 2021. He leaves after working for five years in his home team, Yomiuri. He started as a first-team pitching assistant coach, served as the main pitching coach, and became the second-team head coach last year. He worked with first-team coach Shinnosuke Abe (46), who was his junior for two years.

But the picture is a little strange. Former coach Guwata participated in the Miyazaki Phoenix League (Education League) until the previous day and led the Yomiuri 2nd division. The Yomiuri club offered the front office, but refused and decided to resign. He is a leader who was mentioned as a candidate for the next Yomiuri coach.

The second-tier team's main task is to nurture prospects. Even if the ranking was not important, the performance was good. He recorded 80 wins, two draws and 44 losses in the Eastern League (second division) this year. It was overwhelmingly first place, eight games ahead of the second-place Seibu Lions. Poor performance cannot be a justification for dismissal. Some point out that no pitcher has grown in the second division this season and settled in the first division.




Abe is in his second year in office. This year, Yomiuri aimed to win for the second consecutive year. It was every year. If you don't win, it's a failed season. This year, the strength has been low since the middle of the season. The Hanshin Tigers were competing for the lead in the Central League, but fell flat. She also finished third behind the Yokohama BayStars. 70 wins, four draws, and 69 losses. He managed to get over 50% of the win rate. The injury gap of No. 4 hitter Kazuma Okamoto was disappointing.

I vowed a final counterattack. I dreamed of a drama in the postseason, which also ended in vain.
The picture is a bit weird...Legendary Guwata (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball team) who led the team to win the title and resigned due to poor performance in the first team and left the Yomiuri in five years
Last year's winner, Yomiuri, finished third this year. He lost the championship to his rival Hanshin and lost to Yokohama. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS
He was eliminated after two consecutive losses. Game 2 was shocking. He scored five runs in the top of the first inning and suffered a finishing loss in the bottom of the 6th to 79th inning.

Coach Guwata said on the 28th that `I will take responsibility for poor performance.' The second-tier head coach took responsibility for the poor performance of the first-tier team. It doesn't make sense among baseball fans. It is natural to say, "Why should Guwata's second-tier coach step down?"




It is said that the decision was made at the club level, not at manager Abe. Next year is the last year of Abe's contract. There was a lot of criticism about his team management style and mercenary skills. If you fail to produce a result, you have to listen to the reprimand and take responsibility. Rumors are already spreading that Hideki Matsui (51) will be the next coach.

Along with Coach Guwata, Kato Ken, the second-tier battery coach, also resigned. Earlier on the 14th, Tomohiro Nishioka (49), the head coach of the first team and the main hitting coach, stepped down due to poor performance. Norihiro Komada (63), the coach of the third division, also took off his uniform. The aftermath of poor performance is strong.

Former coach Guwata is a former Koshien star. After graduating from Osaka PL Academy, he joined Yomiuri in 1986 with one name and pitched 21 seasons. 요미우리에서 통
The picture is a bit weird...Legendary Guwata (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball team) who led the team to win the title and resigned due to poor performance in the first team and left the Yomiuri in five years
There was a lot of criticism about manager Abe's team management as Yomiuri finished third. Legend Hideki Matsui is rumored to be the next coach.
He won 173 games and challenged the major leagues in 2007, just before he was forced to fight. In 2007, he pitched 21 innings in 19 appearances for the Pittsburgh Pirates and recorded 1 loss and 3 holds. In 2008, he signed a minor league contract with Pittsburgh and participated in spring camp as an invited player. He announced his retirement at the end of March of that year as it became difficult to get promoted to the Major League.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.