{"id":143046,"date":"2021-10-27T09:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143046&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-10-27T09:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:36:20","slug":"fujimoto-named-as-hawks-manager-following-kudos-resignation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fujimoto-named-as-hawks-manager-following-kudos-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujimoto Named as Hawks Manager Following Kudo\u2019s Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiroshi Fujimoto will be the next manager of Softbank Hawks. The current farm team manager coached Yanagita in his early years and supported many other young players in the past years. As the team\u2019s current manager, Kimiyasu Kudo, intends to step down to take responsibility for the team\u2019s underperformance this year. The assignment of the new manager will be officially announced after the season ends on Oct. 25. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20211024\/ddm\/035\/050\/108000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sponichi.co.jp\/baseball\/news\/2021\/10\/24\/kiji\/20211024s00001173091000c.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sponichi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-133167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hawks-baseball-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hawks-baseball-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hawks-baseball-WEB-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hawks-baseball-WEB-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hawks-baseball-WEB-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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