Former Chiba Lotte pitcher Shota Kurosawa (graduate of our university) appointed as coach of the baseball team

Coach Shota Kurosawa

It has been decided that Shota Kurosawa, a former pitcher for Chiba Lotte Marines (currently working in the Corporate Sales Department of Chiba Lotte Marines BtoB Headquarters) and graduate of Josai Josai International University (Togane City, Chiba Prefecture), will take up the position of coach for the baseball team on July 1, 2025. Coach Kurosawa will begin full-scale coaching of the baseball team on Tuesday, July 1.

Career

2007 Graduated from Saitama Prefectural Chichibu High School
2007: Enrolled in Department of Management Sciences Josai International University Faculty of Management and Information Sciences
2010 NPB Draft: Selected in the first round by Chiba Lotte Marines
Graduated Josai International University Faculty of Management and Information Sciences Department of Management Sciences in 2011
Joined Chiba Lotte Marines in 2011
2017 Retired from active duty
2018: Joined Chiba Lotte Marines Co., Ltd. (Business Headquarters)
In 2022, he was transferred to the BtoB Corporate Sales Department of the company.
Up to the present

During his third year at university, he won the most wins and strikeout titles in the Chiba Prefecture University Baseball Spring League. In the 2010 NPB Draft, he was selected in the first round by Chiba Lotte Marines and joined the team. When he joined the team, he wore the uniform number 121, and three years later he was registered as a controlled player, pitching in a total of 14 games for the first team.

Comments from Coach Shota Kurosawa

I am very happy and honored to be able to return as a coach to this place where I learned so much, met so many friends, and grew as a student. With gratitude in my heart to those who looked after me during my student days, I strongly feel that now it is my turn to support the growth of my juniors. I also spent seven years as a pitcher for Chiba Lotte Marines, and about seven and a half years after retiring as a staff member, experiencing both inside and outside the world of professional baseball. I will use that experience to do my best to support not only the improvement of skills, but also the personal growth of the students.
We will do our best to meet the expectations of all those involved, alumni, and everyone who supports us, so we appreciate your continued support.