Hisao Arakane

Hisao Arakane (荒金 久雄) is a Japanese former professional baseball Outfielder, and current the fourth squad fielder supervisor and defense and base running coordinator for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

He previously played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and the Orix Buffaloes.

Early baseball career
Arakane went on to PL Gakuen High School and participated the 78rd Japanese High School Baseball Championship in the summer of his junior year.

He also went on to Aoyama Gakuin University, where he won the 1999 Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship.

Fukuoka Daiei / SoftBank Hawks
On November 17, 2000, Arakane was drafted fifth round pick by the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in the 2000 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.

In 2004 season, Arakane appeared in 74 games and recorded a batting average of .213, a 3 home runs, and a 15 RBIs.

During Arakane's era with the Hawks, he appeared in 284 games in the Pacific League in nine seasons.

On April 30, midway through the 2010 season, Arakane and Keisuke Kaneko were traded to the Orix Buffaloes exchange to Takehito Kanazawa.

Orix Buffaloes


In 2010 season, Arakane appeared in 64 games and recorded a batting average of .269,, a 3 home runs, and a 16 RBIs.

He played three seasons with the Buffaloes before retiring after the 2012 season.

Arakane played 12 seasons, appearing in 389 games and a batting average of .230, a 148 hits, a 10 home runs, a RBI of 55, a 3 stolen bases, and a 16 sacrifice bunts.

After retirement
After his retirement, Arakane had been appointed as a scout for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.

He was also in charge of developing second and third squad fielders starting with the 2021 season.

On December 1, 2023, Arakane was appointed as the fourth squad fielder supervisor and defense and base running coordinator.