| Ryōsuke Hirata 平田良介 | |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Jōtō-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | NPB |
| Debutyear: | 2006 |
| Debutteam: | Chunichi Dragons |
| Statyear: | April 7, 2022 |
| Statleague: | NPB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .270 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 104 |
| Stat3label: | RBI |
| Stat3value: | 477 |
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is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder. He last played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Dragons over a 16-year period.
Hirata attended Osaka Tōin High School and was a member of the team that advanced to the semi-finals of the 2005 national championships. and tied Kazuhiro Kiyohara's record of 5 home runs at the tournament. He hit a total of 70 home runs during his three years of high school. He was drafted by the Dragons in the first round of the 2005 rookie draft.[1]
In 2015, Hirata was made team captain of the Dragons marking the first time the Dragons had an appointed captain since Tōru Nimura in 1994.[2]
He selected .[3]