![Coach Katsumi Mizumoto [Photo = Masaki Kitano]](https://baseballking.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/8d9a423e111be8e2fa0bb5d47bffc68d.jpg)
On the 11th, the Orix Buffaloes announced that they will not be renewing coaching contracts for the next season with Roving Coordinator Katsumi Mizumoto, pitcher coach Rui Makino, pitcher coach Masafumi Hirai, and outfield defense and base running coach Shintaro Yoshida, as their contract terms have expired.
Coaches whose contracts will not be renewed for next season
Katsumi Mizumoto, Roving General Coach
Rui Makino, pitcher coach
Masafumi Hirai, pitcher coach
Shintaro Yoshida outfield defense and base running coach
![[Coach Tsuyoshi Nishioka Steps Down] Today's Pacific League [October 11]](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/bBUU77DWo19WJw2QDDi40AGxH2YkQ3WiKFfb3FPS.webp)
![[Miyazaki PL] Orix Buffaloes' Seiichi Teramoto hit a lead-off home run off Masahiro Tanaka, but the pitcher lineup collapsed and they suffered a lose.](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/ChxSfUGicpbk57RdXPJqSjM5q54xHFlTwxBvmq3s.webp)
![Ryoya Kurihara won two batting titles: 2026 Pacific League Title Winners [Batting Category]](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/RXiiCj0UjQrdMefevwrfWduFLVdZlJLIQqiAy0oe.webp)
