Kazuhiro Sasaki
On 13 October 2015, Yoda was appointed as pitching coach of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. In the off-season of the same year, Yoda was listed alongside Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Takeshi Yamasaki, Hideki Hashigami, Kazuhiro Sasaki and Takashi Saito to take over as Rakuten manager. Masataka Nashida however would be the successful candidate.