Kokoro Sano
Kokoro Sano (佐野 心)
- Bats Left, Throws Right
- Height 5' 9", Weight 158 lb.
- School Senshu University
- High School Hamamatsu Commercial High School
- Born January 23, 1967 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan
Biographical Information[edit]
Kokoro Sano was drafted by the Chunichi Dragons in the 6th round of the 1991 NPB draft; he and his father Makio Sano were the first father-son pair to be drafted in NPB history. Sano was 1-for-10 in 1992, and he only got one more at-bat before announced his retirement in 1995. He was named the coach of Hamamatsu Kaiseikan High School in 2017.


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