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Nakahata introduced as 1st Yokohama DeNA manager

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants batting coach Kiyoshi Nakahata poses during a press conference in Yokohama on Dec. 9, 2011. The Yokohama DeNA BayStars announced the appointment of Nakahata as their first manager under the ownership of DeNA Co.

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Nakahata set to become manager of BayStars

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Yomiuri Giants batting coach Kiyoshi Nakahata. Nakahata is set to become the first manager of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, baseball sources said Dec. 7, 2011.

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata, a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, asks for support in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day.

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata (R), a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, shakes hands with supporters at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day.

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Baseball star Nakahata to run in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata officially announces at a hotel in Tokyo on May 11, 2010, that he will run in the upper house election this summer in the proportional representation section on the ticket of the Sunrise Party of Japan led by former ministers Kaoru Yosano and Takeo Hiranuma.

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(3)Japan loses to Australia in baseball semis

ATHENS, Greece - Japan head coach Kiyoshi Nakahata leaves the field in despair after losing to Australia 1-0 in their baseball semifinal at the Athens Games on Aug. 24.

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(1)Japan baseball manager Nagashima gives up trip to Athens

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Nakahata, head coach of the Japanese national baseball team, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2 after manager Shigeo Nagashima, who is undergoing rehabilitation from a stroke suffered in March, has decided not to travel to Athens to lead the squad at the Olympics.

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24 Japan's baseball team for Athens Olympics unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Japan national baseball team coach Kiyoshi Nakahata (L) announces the names of 24 players for the Athens Olympics at a hotel in Tokyo on June 25.

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Nakahata, Ono, Takagi named coaches for 2004 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hiroshima Carp hurler Yutaka Ono (L), former Yomiuri Giants player Kiyoshi Nakahata (2nd from R) and former Yokohama Taiyo Whales player Yutaka Takagi (R) pose with Shigeo Nagashima (2nd from L), manager of Japan's national baseball team for the Athens Olympics, in Tokyo on July 8 after being named coaches for the team.

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Nakahata to resign as manager of struggling BayStars

Kiyoshi Nakahata (L), manager of the DeNA BayStars, talks with pitcher Daisuke Miura during a training session in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2015. Nakahata will step down at the end of the season after another dismal year for the Central League club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DeNA closer Yamasaki sets NPB rookie record of most saves

Yokohama DeNA Baystars closer Yasuaki Yamasaki (L) with the winning ball is congratulated by manager Kiyoshi Nakahata at Yokohama Stadium in the port city southwest of Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2015, after setting a Nippon Professional Baseball rookie record with his 32nd save of the season in a game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. DeNA edged Yakult 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BayStars to hit home runs for Myanmar midwives in aid program

DeNA BayStars manager Kiyoshi Nakahata and owner Tomoko Namba announce the baseball club's social contribution program at a press conference in Yokohama on March 20, 2015. The BayStars will donate one rechargeable solar light lantern to midwives in Myanmar who work in areas with no electricity each time they hit a home run in the regular season beginning March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Yomiuri Giants Matsui, Takahashi face off at DeNA camp

Retired former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui hits a ball thrown by Hisanori Takahashi, now playing for the DeNA BayStars and a former teammate of Matsui in the Yomiuri Giants, during the BayStars' spring training camp in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2015. Matsui was asked to visit the BayStars' camp by BayStars manager Kiyoshi Nakahata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Japan loses to Australia in baseball semis

ATHENS, Greece - Japan head coach Kiyoshi Nakahata leaves the field in despair after losing to Australia 1-0 in their baseball semifinal at the Athens Games on Aug. 24. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan baseball manager Nagashima gives up trip to Athens

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Nakahata, head coach of the Japanese national baseball team, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2 after manager Shigeo Nagashima, who is undergoing rehabilitation from a stroke suffered in March, has decided not to travel to Athens to lead the squad at the Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata (R), a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, shakes hands with supporters at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day. (Kyodo)

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata, a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, asks for support in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day. (Kyodo)

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Baseball star Nakahata to run in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata officially announces at a hotel in Tokyo on May 11, 2010, that he will run in the upper house election this summer in the proportional representation section on the ticket of the Sunrise Party of Japan led by former ministers Kaoru Yosano and Takeo Hiranuma. (Kyodo)

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Nakahata introduced as 1st Yokohama DeNA manager

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants batting coach Kiyoshi Nakahata poses during a press conference in Yokohama on Dec. 9, 2011. The Yokohama DeNA BayStars announced the appointment of Nakahata as their first manager under the ownership of DeNA Co. (Kyodo)

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Nakahata set to become manager of BayStars

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Yomiuri Giants batting coach Kiyoshi Nakahata. Nakahata is set to become the first manager of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, baseball sources said Dec. 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

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24 Japan's baseball team for Athens Olympics unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Japan national baseball team coach Kiyoshi Nakahata (L) announces the names of 24 players for the Athens Olympics at a hotel in Tokyo on June 25. (Kyodo)

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Nakahata, Ono, Takagi named coaches for 2004 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hiroshima Carp hurler Yutaka Ono (L), former Yomiuri Giants player Kiyoshi Nakahata (2nd from R) and former Yokohama Taiyo Whales player Yutaka Takagi (R) pose with Shigeo Nagashima (2nd from L), manager of Japan's national baseball team for the Athens Olympics, in Tokyo on July 8 after being named coaches for the team. (Kyodo)