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Hidekazu Mitsuyama
光山英和
Hidekazu Mitsuyama; 光山英和
Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 90
	Catcher/Catching coach
	Born: November 20, 1965 (age 58); Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 5, 1986, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
Last appearance
	June 30, 2010, for the Yokohama BayStars
NPB statistics
Batting average	.238
On-base percentage	.288
Slugging percentage	.367
Teams
	As player Kintetsu Buffaloes (1986–1996); Chunichi Dragons (1997–1998); Yomiuri Giants (1999); Chiba Lotte Marines (2001); Yokohama BayStars (2002); Lotte Giants (2003); As coach Saitama Seibu Lions (2011–2013); Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2016–2018); Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2019–2022); Chiba Lotte Marines (2023–);
	Last updated on: 15 December 2022

Hidekazu Mitsuyama (光山英和, Mitsuyama Hidekazu, born November 20, 1965) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 1986 to 1999, and again from 2001 to 2002.^[1] He is currently a battery coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.^[2]

References edit

^ "Hidekazu Mitsuyama - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Allen, Jim (June 23, 2016). "Ramirez keeping things simple for BayStars". The Japan Times. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

Hidekazu Mitsuyama 光山英和

Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 90
Catcher/Catching coach
Born: (1965-11-20) November 20, 1965 (age 58) Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 5, 1986, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
Last appearance
June 30, 2010, for the Yokohama BayStars
NPB statistics
Batting average	.238
On-base percentage	.288
Slugging percentage	.367

Teams
As player Kintetsu Buffaloes (1986–1996) Chunichi Dragons (1997–1998) Yomiuri Giants (1999) Chiba Lotte Marines (2001) Yokohama BayStars (2002) Lotte Giants (2003) As coach Saitama Seibu Lions (2011–2013) Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2016–2018) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2019–2022) Chiba Lotte Marines (2023–)
Last updated on: 15 December 2022