Commissioner of Baseball (NPB)
- Commissioner of Baseball (NPB)
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The Commissioner of Baseball is the highest office in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). NPB's current Commissioner is former Japanese ambassador to the United States, Ryozo Kato.
Commissioners
- Morita Fukui (1951–1954)
- Nobori Inon (1956–1962)
- Yushi Uchimura (1962–1965)
- Toshiyoshi Miyazawa (1965–1971)
- Nobumoto Ohama (1971–1976)
- Toshi Kaneko (1976–1979)
- Takeso Shimoda (1979–1985)
- Juhei Takeuchi (1985–1988)
- Ichiro Yoshikuni (1989–1998)
- Hiromori Kawashima (1998–2004)
- Yasuchika Negoro (2004–2007)
- Ryozo Kato (2008–present)
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