List of Japanese baseball players

This list consists of players who have played in Nippon Professional Baseball. Non-Japanese players who played in Japan are also included in this list.

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A[]

• Shinnosuke Abe
• Benny Agbayani
• Ryoji Aikawa
• Norihiro Akahoshi
• Koji Akiyama
• Rod Allen
• Matty Alou
• George Altman
• Yuya Ando
• Norichika Aoki
• Takahiro Arai
• George Arias
• Hideyuki Awano

B[]

• Gene Bacque
• John Bale
• Eiji Bandō
• Randy Bass
• Tony Batista
• Howard Battle
• Kevin Beirne
• Tony Bernazard
• Frank Bolick
• Takehiko Bessho
• Kaoru Betto
• Don Blasingame
• Jack Bloomfield
• Mike Blowers
• Cedrick Bowers
• Tony Brewer
• John Britton
• Terry Bross
• Marty Brown
• Roosevelt Brown
• Ralph Bryant
• Melvin Bunch
• Ty Van Burkleo

C[]

• Alex Cabrera
• Robinson Checo
• Phil Clark
• Steve Cox
• Warren Cromartie
• Tommy Cruz

D[]

• Yu Darvish
• Glenn Davis
• Orestes Destrade
• Larry Doby
• Shozo Doi
• Yoshihiro Doi
• Chris Donnels
• J. D. Durbin

E[]

• Angel Echevarria
• Suguru Egawa
• Takenori Emoto
• Yutaka Enatsu

F[]

• Pedro Feliciano
• Cecil Fielder
• Julio Franco
• Matt Franco
• Akihito Fujii
• Masao Fujii
• Kyuji Fujikawa
• Atsushi Fujimoto
• Hideo Fujimoto
• Fumio Fujimura
• Soichi Fujita
• Kosuke Fukudome
• Yutaka Fukumoto
• Atsuya Furuta

G[]

• Eddie Gaillard
• Balvino Gálvez
• Shosei Go
• Leo Gómez
• Koji Goto
• Mike Greenwell
• Kip Gross
• Lindsay Gulin
• Bill Gullickson
• Domingo Guzmán

H[]

• Kent Hadley
• Tatsunori Hara
• Isao Harimoto
• Harris McGalliard
• Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• Masanori Hayashi
• Osamu Higashio
• Eric Hillman
• Masaji Hiramatsu
• Kazuyuki Hoashi
• Kevin Hodges
• Bob Horner
• Dwayne Hosey
• Nobuyuki Hoshino
• Senichi Hoshino
• Mike Holtz
• Jack Howell

I[]

• Hirokazu Ibata
• Ryota Igarashi
• Kei Igawa
• Tadahito Iguchi
• Takahiro Ikeyama
• Toshiaki Imae
• Makoto Imaoka
• Kazuhisa Inao
• Hideki Irabu
• Yusaku Iriki
• Hiromichi Ishige
• Hirotoshi Ishii
• Kazuhisa Ishii
• Yutaka Ishii
• Takuro Ishii
• Tomohito Ito
• Tsutomu Ito
• Hisashi Iwakuma
• Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
• Akinori Iwamura
• Hitoki Iwase

J[]

• Darrin Jackson
• Lou Jackson
• Doug Jennings
• Kenji Jojima
• Davey Johnson

K[]

• Hiromitsu Kadota
• Masaru Kageura
• Masayuki Kakefu
• Genji Kaku
• Masaichi Kaneda
• Makoto Kaneko
• Gabe Kapler
• Takashi Kashiwada
• Shinichi Kato
• Takeharu Kato
• Yoshitaka Katori
• Masahiro Kawai
• Tetsuharu Kawakami
• Takeo Kawamura
• Munenori Kawasaki
• Matt Keough
• Yusei Kikuchi
• Ryuji Kimura
• Takuya Kimura
• Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
• Mike Kinkade
• Sachio Kinugasa
• Willie Kirkland
• Hiroshi Kisanuki
• Manabu Kitabeppu
• Ryohei Kiya
• Kazuhiro Kiyohara
• Atsushi Kizuka
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi
• Masahide Kobayashi
• Masahito Kohiyama
• Hideo Koike
• Hiroki Kokubo
• Norihiro Komada
• Satoru Komiyama
• Dae-Sung Koo
• Makoto Kozuru
• Yuya Kubo
• Kimiyasu Kudoh
• Tomoyuki Kubota
• Hideki Kuriyama
• Hiroki Kuroda
• Satoshi Kuroda
• Masumi Kuwata

L[]

• Greg LaRocca
• Chris Latham
• Jim Lefebvre
• Leon Lee
• Leron Lee
• Sang-Hoon Lee
• Brad Lesley
• Omar Linares
• Luis Antonio Lopez
• Luis Lopez
• Jim Lyttle

M[]

• Ken Macha
• Tim Macintosh
• Bill Madlock
• Yukinaga Maeda
• Takahiro Mahara
• Charlie Manuel
• Bobby Marcano
• Jim Marshall
• Domingo Martínez
• Kazuo Matsui
• Hideki Matsui
• Takuya Matsumoto
• Daisuke Matsuzaka
• Darrell May
• Derrick May
• Scott McClain
• Jim McManus
• Dan Miceli
• Osamu Mihara
• Hensley Meulens
• Félix Millán
• Nate Minchey
• Carlos Mirabal
• Koichi Misawa
• Bobby Mitchell
• Daisuke Miura
• Takashi Miwa
• Shinya Miyamoto
• Eiji Mizuguchi
• Shigeru Mizuhara
• Trey Moore
• Shinji Mori
• Masao Morinaka
• Daisuke Motoki
• Scott Mullen
• Masanori Murakami
• Arihito Muramatsu
• Choji Murata
• Shuichi Murata
• Minoru Murayama

N[]

• Yasuo Nagaike
• Kazushige Nagashima
• Shigeo Nagashima
• Kiyoshi Nakahata
• Haruyasu Nakajima
• Micheal Nakamura
• Norihiro Nakamura
• Sho Nakata
• Yoshihisa Naruse
• Troy Neel
• Jimmy Newberry
• Don Newcombe
• Tomohiro Nioka
• Toshihisa Nishi
• Fumiya Nishiguchi
• Tsuyoshi Nishioka
• Takashi Nishimoto
• Kazutaka Nishiyama
• Yukihiro Nishizaki
• Michio Nishizawa
• Hideo Nomo
• Katsuya Nomura

O[]

• Sherman Obando
• Hiromitsu Ochiai
• Alex Ochoa
• Michihiro Ogasawara
• Koichi Ogata
• Sadaharu Oh
• Akira Ohgi
• Tomokazu Ohka
• Hideki Okajima
• Tom O'Malley
• Naoyuki Ohmura
• Steve Ontiveros
• José Ortiz
• Koichi Oshima
• Akinori Otsuka

P[]

• Jim Paciorek
• Larry Parrish
• Rodney Pedraza
• Roberto Petagine
• Jason Phillips
• Carlos Ponce
• Alonzo Powell
• Jeremy Powell

R[]

• Larry Raines
• Alex Ramirez
• Dave Rajsich
• Gary Rajsich
• Mathew Randel
• Kenny Rayborn
• Mike Reinbach
• Tuffy Rhodes
• Dave Roberts
• Robert Rose

S[]

• Takahiro Saeki
• Kazumi Saito
• Masaki Saito
• Takashi Saito
• Kazuhiro Sasaki
• Shinichi Sato
• Tomoya Satozaki
• Eiji Sawamura
• Erik Schullstrom
• Fernando Seguignol
• Andy Sheets
• Naoyuki Shimizu
• Takayuki Shimizu
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• Brian Sikorski
• John Sipin
• Reggie Smith
• Tony Solaita
• Alfonso Soriano
• Daryl Spencer
• Joe Stanka
• Victor Starffin
• Shigeru Sugishita
• Toshiya Sugiuchi
• Tadashi Sugiura
• Kento Sugiyama
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Keishi Suzuki
• Mac Suzuki
• Takanori Suzuki

T[]

• Koichi Tabuchi
• Kazuhito Tadano
• So Taguchi
• Morimichi Takagi
• Yutaka Takagi
• Hisanori Takahashi
• Yoshinobu Takahashi
• Yosuke Takasu
• Shingo Takatsu
• Hitoshi Tamura
• Kazunori Tanaka
• Masahiro Tanaka
• Yukio Tanaka
• Hitoshi Taneda
• Yoshitomo Tani
• Motonobu Tanishige
• Nick Testa
• Gary Thomasson
• Denney Tomori
• Kiyoshi Toyoda
• Yasumitsu Toyoda

U[]

• Seiichi Uchikawa
• Shinji Udaka
• Koji Uehara
• Masaru Uno
• Shigeki Ushida

W[]

• Kazuhiro Wada
• Tsuyoshi Wada
• Yutaka Wada
• Tadashi Wakabayashi
• Tsutomu Wakamatsu
• Kenichi Wakatabe
• Pete Walker
• John Wasdin
• Greg Wells
• Roy White
• Bernie Williams
• Jeff Williams
• Nigel Wilson
• Matt Winters
• Tyrone Woods
• Clyde Wright

Y[]

• Yasuhiko Yabuta
• Hisashi Yamada
• Koji Yamamoto (Chiba Lotte Marines)
• Koji Yamamoto (Hiroshima Toyo Carp)
• Daisuke Yamashita
• Wally Kaname Yonamine
• Tetsuya Yoneda
• Toyohiko Yoshida
• Yoshio Yoshida
• Masato Yoshii
• Yuji Yoshioka

Z[]

• Julio Zuleta

See also[]

• List of Japanese people
• List of Japanese players in Major League Baseball