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
*Francis Agcaoili
*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 Bando
*Roberto Barbon
*Randy Bass
*Tony Batista
*Howard Battle
*Kevin Beirne
*Tony Bernazard
*Frank Bolick
*Takehiko Bessho
*Kaoru Bettou
*Don Blasingame
*Jack Bloomfield
*Mike Blowers
*Cedrick Bowers
*Tony Brewer
*Terry Bross
*Marty Brown
*Roosevelt Brown
*Ralph Bryant
*Melvin Bunch
*Ty Van Burkleo

C

*Alex Cabrera
*Robinson Checo
*Sungmin Cho
*Phil Clark
*Steve Cox
*Warren Cromartie
*Tommy Cruz

D

*Yu Darvish
*Glenn Davis
*Orestes Destrade
*Larry Doby
*Shozo Doi
*Yoshihiro Doi
*Chris Donnels

E

*Lawrence Eaves
*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
*Hironori Fujisaki
*Soichi Fujita
*Kosuke Fukudome
*Keiji Fukui
*Yutaka Fukumoto
*Atsuya Furuta

G

*Eddie Gaillard
*Balvino Galvez
*Shosei Go
*Leo Gómez
*Kouji Goto
*Mike Greenwell
*Kip Gross
*Lindsay Gulin
*Bill Gullickson
*Domingo Guzman

H

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

I

*Hirokazu Ibata
*Akihito Igarashi
*Ryota Igarashi
*Kei Igawa
*Tadahito Iguchi
*Takehiro Ikeyama
*Toshiaki Imae
*Makoto Imaoka
*Kazuhisa Inao
*Hideki Irabu
*Yusaku Iriki
*Hiromichi Ishige
*Hirotoshi Ishii
*Kazuhisa 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
*Yoshiaki Kanemura
*Gabe Kapler
*Takashi Kashiwada
*Shinichi Kato
*Takeharu Kato
*Yoshitaka Katori
*Masahiro Kawai
*Tetsuharu Kawakami
*Takeo Kawamura
*Mototsugu Kawanaka
*Munenori Kawasaki
*Matt Keough
*Ryuji Kimura
*Takuya Kimura
*Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
*Mike Kinkade
*Sachio Kinugasa
*Willie Kirkland
*Hiroshi Kisanuki
*Manabu Kitabeppu
*Kazuhiro Kiyohara
*Atsushi Kizuka
*Hiroyuki Kobayashi
*Itaru Kobayashi
*Masahide Kobayashi
*Masahito Kohiyama
*Hideo Koike
*Hiroki Kokubo
*Norihiro Komada
*Tatsuo Komatsu
*Satoru Komiyama
*Dae-Sung Koo
*Makoto Kozuru
*Michael Kresnick
*Yuya Kubo
*Kimiyasu Kudo
*Tomoyuki Kubota
*Hideki Kuriyama
*Hiroki Kuroda
*Satoshi Kuroda
*Masumi Kuwata

L

*Jack Ladra
*Greg LaRocca
*Chris Latham
*Jim Lefebvre
*Leon Lee
*Leron Lee
*Sang-Hoon Lee
*Brad Lesley
*Omar Linares
*Luis Antonio Lopez
*Luis Lopez (baseball 3B)
*Jim Lyttle

M

*Ken Macha
*Tim Macintosh
*Bill Madlock
*Tadatoki Maeda
*Yukinaga Maeda
*Katsuhiko Maekawa
*Takahiro Mahara
*Charlie Manuel
*Bobby Marcano
*Jim Marshall
*Domingo Martinez
*Kazuo Matsui
*Hideki Matsui
*Takuya Matsumoto
*Daisuke Matsuzaka
*Darrell May
*Derrick May
*Scott McClain
*Dan Miceli
*Osamu Mihara
*Hensley Meulens
*Felix Millan
*Nathan 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 Omura
*Marion O'Neil
*Steve Ontiveros
*Jose Ortiz
*Koichi Oshima
*Akinori Otsuka

P

*Jim Paciorek
*Larry Parrish
*Rodney Pedraza
*Ferix Perdomo
*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
*Boi Rodriguez
*Robert Rose

*Shoji Sadaoka
*Takahiro Saeki
*Kazumi Saito
*Masaki Saito
*Takashi Saito
*Kazuhiro Sasaki
*Shinichi Sato
*Tomoya Satozaki
*Eiji Sawamura
*Erik Schullstrom
*Fernando Seguignol
*Andy Sheets
*Yasumitsu Shibata
*Naoyuki Shimizu
*Takayuki Shimizu
*Tsuyoshi Shinjo
*Brian Sikorski
*John Sipin
*Reggie Smith
*Tony Solaita
*Mike Solomko
*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
*Fumitoshi Takano
*Yosuke Takasu
*Shingo Takatsu
*Hitoshi Tamura
*Kazunori Tanaka
*Masahiro Tanaka
*Yukio Tanaka
*Hitoshi Taneda
*Yoshitomo Tani
*Motonobu Tanishige
*Gary Thomasson
*Denny Tomori
*Kiyoshi Toyoda
*Yasumitsu Toyoda

U

*Seiichi Uchikawa
*Shinji Udaka
*Koji Uehara
*Masaru Uno
*Shigeki Ushida
*Itaru Uto

W

*Kazuhiro Wada
*Tsuyoshi Wada
*Yutaka Wada
*Tadashi Wakabayashi
*Tsutomu Wakamatsu
*Kenichi Wakatabe
*Pete Walker
*John Wasdin
*Masahiro Watanabe
*Boomer 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)
*Hiroki Yamamura
*Daisuke Yamashita
*Tetsuya Yokoyama
*Wally Kaname Yonamine
*Tetsuya Yoneda
*Toyohiko Yoshida
*Yoshio Yoshida
*Masato Yoshii
*Yuji Yoshioka

Z

*Julio Zuleta

ee also

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