:Hirokazu Ibata

{{short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1975)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Hirokazu Ibata

| image = Giants Ibata 2.JPG

| image_size = 280px

| caption = Ibata with the Yomiuri Giants in 2014

| position = Infielder / Manager

| team = Japan national baseball team

| number = 89

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|5|12|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = September 8

| debutyear = 1998

| debutteam = Chunichi Dragons

| finalleague = NPB

| finaldate = October 29

| finalyear = 2015

| finalteam = Yomiuri Giants

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Games

| stat1value = 1896

| stat2label = Batting average

| stat2value = .281

| stat3label = Hits

| stat3value = 1,912

| stat4label = Home runs

| stat4value = 56

| stat5label = Runs batted in

| stat5value = 510

| teams =

As player

• Chunichi Dragons ({{npby|1998}}–{{npby|2013}})
• Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2014}}–{{npby|2015}})

As manager

• Japan national baseball team

As coach

• Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2016}}–{{npby|2018}})

|highlights =

;NPB

• 8× All-Star (2001, 2002, 2005, 2007–2010, 2011)
• 7× Golden Glove Award (2004–2009, 2012)
• 5× Best Nine Award (2002, 2004–2007)
• Asia Series MVP (2007)
• Japan Series champion (2007)

;International

• All-World Baseball Classic Team (2013)

}}

Hirokazu Ibata (Japanese:井端 弘和, born May 12, 1975) is a Japanese professional baseball coach and former player in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He is currently the manager of the Japanese national baseball team.