Hiroyuki Watanabe

is a Japanese former professional baseball utility player. He played for the Chunichi Dragons. He is currently the second team infield defense and baserunning for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Western League. Career Watanabe was mostly used as a utility infielder for most of his career but captured a golden glove in 2004 as a regular. After Tyrone Woods was brought to the club, Watanabe's appearances became more limited to an off the bench role. After retirement, Watanabe has worked with the Dragons backroom mostly as a defensive specialist where he was most prominent as 1st base coach under Motonobu Tanishige's reign as manager.