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.

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