# 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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* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 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
* Bump Wills
* 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