1. Kazuhisa Ishii (1973)

Japanese Baseball Player

Left-handed pitcher known for his sharp-breaking curveball who made his MLB debut in 2002 for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

2. Kosuke Fukudome (1977)

Japanese Baseball Player

Outfielder who played in the MLB for five seasons, making the All-Star team in 2008, which was his first year in the big leagues.

3. Masaru Nakamura (1991)

Japanese Baseball Player

Masaru Nakamura is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on December 11 1991. He debuted in 2010. He had 18 strikeouts in 2013 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

4. Daisuke Yamai (1978)

Japanese Baseball Player

Daisuke Yamai is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher with the Chunichi Dragons. In the 2007 Nippon Series he threw eight innings of a combined perfect game with Hitoki Iwase to...

5. Hayato Arakaki (1985)

Japanese Baseball Player

Hayato Arakaki is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on October 21 1985. He debuted in 2013 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

6. Hiroyuki Oze (1985)

Japanese Baseball Player

Hiroyuki Oze was a Japanese baseball outfielder from Daitō Osaka who played professionally for the Orix Buffaloes. He played two seasons for the club hitting. 262 in his rookie year...

7. Kenshi Sugiya (1991)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kenshi Sugiya is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on February 4 1991. He debuted in 2011. He had 11 runs in 2013.

8. Shohei Kato (1991)

Japanese Baseball Player

Shohei Kato is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on March 28 1991. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB.

9. Satoshi Yamazaki (1981)

Japanese Baseball Player

Satoshi Yamazaki is a Japanese professional Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.

10. Takahiro Norimoto (1990)

Japanese Baseball Player

Takahiro Norimoto is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball. In 2013 Norimoto's rookie season he...

11. Yohei Kagiya (1990)

Japanese Baseball Player

Yohei Kagiya is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on September 9 1990. He debuted in 2013 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He had 42 strikeouts.

12. Ryuji Wakatake (1987)

Japanese Baseball Player

Ryuji Wakatake is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on October 10 1987 in Toyonaka Osaka. He is currently playing for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the NPB....

13. Shunsuke Fujikawa (1987)

Japanese Baseball Player

Shunsuke Fujikawa known simply as Shunsuke to some fans is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder. He was born on August 17 1987 in Fukuoka Japan. He is currently playing for...

14. Yusuke Uemura (1988)

Japanese Baseball Player

Yusuke Uemura is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on July 7 1988. He debuted in 2008. He had 12 strikeouts in 2012.

15. Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1988)

Japanese Baseball Player

Mitsuo Yoshikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. A pitcher he plays for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Nippon Pro Baseball.

16. Yodai Enoshita (1988)

Japanese Baseball Player

Yodai Enoshita is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on July 21 1988. He debuted in 2011. He had 9 strikeouts in 2013.

17. Haruki Nishikawa (1992)

Japanese Baseball Player

Haruki Nishikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on April 16 1992. He debuted in 2012. He stole 22 bases in 2013.

18. Naoya Emura (1992)

Japanese Baseball Player

Naoya Emura is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He was born on May 6 1992. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB. His elder brother...

19. Masahiro Kawai (1964)

Japanese Baseball Player

Masahiro Kawai was an infielder for 23 years in Nippon Professional Baseball primarily with the Yomiuri Giants. Known for his defense and bunting he won several Gold Gloves made two...

20. Eri Yoshida (1992)

Japanese Baseball Player

Eri Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball player. She plays as a sidearm knuckleball pitcher for the Na Koa Ikaika Maui of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. In...

21. Kosaku Akimoto (1968)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kosaku Akimoto is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball catcher. He used to play for the Yokohama BayStars.

22. Akihiro Yano (1968)

Japanese Baseball Player

Akihiro Yano is a former Japanese baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He started his career as the Number 2 Draft pick with the Chunichi Dragons in 1991 and...

23. Shigetoshi Hasegawa (1968)

Japanese Baseball Player

Shigetoshi Hasegawa is a retired relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and best-selling author and Japanese television personality. He achieved the most recognition when he played for the Seattle Mariners...

24. Kazuhiro Sasaki (1968)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kazuhiro Daimajin Sasaki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played his entire NPB career with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales / Yokohama BayStars....

25. Don Nomura (1957)

Japanese Baseball Player

Don Katsuaki Nomura is a sports agent who primarily represents Japanese baseball players.

26. Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1983)

Japanese Baseball Player

Tetsuya Yamaguchi is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

27. Katsuyuki Aihara (1983)

Japanese Baseball Player

Katsuyuki Aihara is a professional Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Chiba Lotte Marines.

28. Ken Takahashi (1969)

Japanese Baseball Player

Ken Takahashi is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1995-2008 and the New York Mets in 2009. He returned to the Carp...

29. Kentaro Hashimoto (1980)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kentaro Hashimoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on April 28 1980 in Yao Osaka. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB.

30. Yuichi Matsumoto (1980)

Japanese Baseball Player

Yuichi Matsumoto is a Japanese professional baseball first baseman who plays for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He was born in São Paulo Brazil in 1980....

31. Jobu Morita (1980)

Japanese Baseball Player

Jobu Morita is a former baseball utility player who played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2009 to 2011. Morita attended Yamanashi Gakuindai Fuzoku High...

32. Yuya Kubo (baseball) (1980)

Japanese Baseball Player

Yuya Kubo is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

33. Kazuhito Tadano (1980)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kazuhito Tadano is a right-handed pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League. He had previously pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians.

34. Masato Kobayashi (baseball) (1980)

Japanese Baseball Player

Masato Kobayashi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. Kobayashi plays for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

35. Masaki Minami (1989)

Japanese Baseball Player

Masaki Minami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on January 18 1989. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB.

36. Takashi Kashiwada (1971)

Japanese Baseball Player

Takashi Kashiwada is a retired Japanese baseball player. He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the New York Mets.

37. Shogo Yamamoto (1978)

Japanese Baseball Player

Shogo Yamamoto is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He is currently with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Pacific League.

38. Kenji Sato (1988)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kenji Sato is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on August 26 1988. He debuted in 2010. He had 9 runs in 2013.

39. Go Matsumoto (1993)

Japanese Baseball Player

Go Matsumoto is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on August 11 1993. He debuted in 2013 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Of the five at-bats in his...

40. Kensuke Kondo (1993)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kensuke Kondo is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on August 9 1993. He debuted in 2012 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He had 7 runs.

41. Taiki Nakago (1984)

Japanese Baseball Player

Taiki Nakago is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on September 21 1984. He is currently playing for the Saitama Seibu Lions of the NPB.

42. Takahiro Imanami (1984)

Japanese Baseball Player

Takahiro Imanami is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on July 6 1984. He debuted in 2008. He had 11 runs.

43. Shingo Ishikawa (1993)

Japanese Baseball Player

Shingo Ishikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on April 27 1993. He debuted in 2013.

44. Manabu Mima (1986)

Japanese Baseball Player

Manabu Mima is a Japanese professional baseball player. A pitcher he plays for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball. Mima attended Fujishiro High...

45. Masato Yoshii (1965)

Japanese Baseball Player

Masato Yoshii is a retired Japanese professional baseball player who is the former pitching coach for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Japanese Pacific League. He pitched in Major League...

46. Norihiro Akimura (1966)

Japanese Baseball Player

Norihiro Akimura is a retired Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He was with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and the Nippon Ham Fighters.

47. Kenta Asakura (1981)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kenta Asakura is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. Kobayashi plays for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

48. Masahiro Inui (1988)

Japanese Baseball Player

Masahiro Inui is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on December 8 1988 in Kakogawa Hyogo Japan. He has been with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters for three years.

49. Masayoshi Kato (1987)

Japanese Baseball Player

Masayoshi Kato is a Japanese professional baseball infielder. He was born on April 28 1987 in Sendai. Miyagi. He is currently playing for Yokohama DeNA BayStars of the NPB.

50. Kensuke Tanaka (1981)

Japanese Baseball Player

Kensuke Tanaka is a Japanese professional baseball left fielder who currently plays for the Texas Rangers organization.