{"id":312,"date":"2021-11-30T19:38:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T10:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=312"},"modified":"2021-11-30T19:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T10:38:01","slug":"baseball-ohtani-mentor-kuriyama-to-become-new-japan-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=312","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Ohtani mentor Kuriyama to become new Japan manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Nippon Ham Fighters skipper Hideki Kuriyama, the one-time mentor of American League MVP Shohei Ohtani, will be the new manager of the Japan national team, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. Kuriyama&#8217;s appointment was reportedly approved during a Samurai Japan committee meeting after he was tapped to succeed Atsunori Inaba, who stepped down in September following the team&#8217;s gold medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics. Japan&#8217;s next major tournament will be the fifth World Baseball Classic, scheduled to take place in 2023. Kuriyama will be tasked with steering the two-time &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/838358925310722048?c=768235488726712320\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3082\u3063\u3068\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Kyodo News Former Nippon Ham Fighters skipper Hideki Kuriyama, the one-time mentor of American League MVP Shohei Ohtani, will be the new manager of the Japan national team, sources close  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