List of current Nippon Professional Baseball team rosters

Below are the full rosters, including the coaching staffs, of all current Nippon Professional Baseball teams.

Central League

Main article: Central League

Chunichi Dragons roster

First squad

Second squad

Pitchers

Catchers

35 Takuya Kinoshita
45 Shota Sugiyama

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

80 Shigekazu Mori

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

82 Michihiro Ogasawara

Development Players

202 Junki Kishimoto (P)
203 Seiya Nakagawa (P)
205 Shu Yoshida (P)
206 Takuya Mitsuma (P)
207 Masaru Fujiyoshi (C)
208 Mikihiro Nishihama (P)
212 Masaru Watanabe (OF)

Updated 2016-10-05
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Hanshin Tigers roster

First squad

Second squad

Pitchers

Catchers

44 Ryutaro Umeno
57 Taichi Okazaki

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6 Tomoaki Kanemoto

Pitchers

Catchers

37 Takeshi Hidaka
39 Shinji Komiyama
45 Takashi Shimizu
52 Shinya Azukihata

Infielders

32 Ryota Arai
33 Naoto Nishida
38 Haruki Kurose
55 Naomasa Yokawa
69 Issei Morita

Outfielders

00 Kohei Shibata
36 Shinta Hifumi
51 Hayata Ito
60 Masahiro Nakatani
61 Kenichi Tagami
62 Hisashi Takayama
68 Shunsuke

Manager

72 Katsuo Hirata

Development Players

122 Tetsuya Sakaguchi (infielder)
124 Fumihito Haraguchi (catcher)
126 Hiroya Shimamoto (pitcher)

Updated October 18, 2014
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Hiroshima Toyo Carp current roster

Active roster	00 Naoki Nakahigashi 0 Takashi Uemoto 2 Kohsuke Tanaka 4 Tetsuya Kokubo 5 Héctor Luna 6 Eishin Soyogi 7 Shota Dobayashi 9 Yoshihiro Maru 10 Takahiro Iwamoto 11 Yuya Fukui 12 Aren Kuri 13 Jason Pridie 14 Daichi Ohsera 16 Takeru Imamura 17 Akitake Okada 19 Yusuke Nomura 20 Katsuhiro Nagakawa 21 Shota Nakazaki 22 Kyohei Nakamura 23 Kazuki Yabuta 24 Hiroki Yokoyama 25 Takahiro Arai 26 Jun Hirose 27 Tsubasa Aizawa 29 Hirotaka Egusa 30 Ryuji Ichioka 31 Yoshiyuki Ishihara 32 Yuta Shirahama 33 Ryosuke Kikuchi 34 Ren Nakata 35 Koh Shimozuru 36 Atsuya Horie 37 Takayoshi Noma 38 Masato Akamatsu 39 Tetsuya Iida 40 Yoshikazu Kura 41 Koya Fujii 42 Kris Johnson 43 Shohei Habu 44 Ryuhei Matsuyama 45 Tatsuki Kuwahara 46 Mikiya Takahashi 47 Jumpei Ono 48 Keita Nishihara 49 Sohichiro Amaya 50 Hiroki Takahashi 51 Seiya Suzuki 52 Hayato Shoji 53 Takaya Toda 54 Ryota Funakoshi 55 Brad Eldred 56 Sora Tsuji 57 Oscar Nakaoshi 58 Jay Jackson 59 Yuki Mima 60 Tomohiro Abe 61 Yoshitaka Isomura 62 Keisuke Imai 63 Ryoma Nishikawa 64 Daisuke Tada 65 Yuichi Hisamoto 66 Bradin Hagens 67 Yuta Nakamura 68 Ryosuke Ikenouchi 69 Riku Aoki 98 Shoma Sato 121 Kodai Matsuura (Trainee) 123 Satoshi Kimura (Trainee)

Coaching staff	Manager 79 Koichi Ogata

Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster

Active roster	00 Jae-hoon Ha 0 Wataru Hiyane 1 Tetsuto Yamada 2 Keiji Obiki 3 Naomichi Nishiura 4 Wladimir Balentien 5 Shingo Kawabata 7 Hiroyasu Tanaka 8 Shinichi Takeuchi 9 Yasushi Iihara 10 Ryosuke Morioka 11 Yoshinori 12 Taichi Ishiyama 13 Luis Pérez 14 Ryo Akiyoshi 16 Juri Hara 17 Yoshihisa Naruse 18 Toshihiro Sugiura 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Tetsuya Yamamoto 21 Kenichi Matsuoka 22 Shingo Takeshita 24 Takahiro Araki 25 Shohei Tateyama 26 Kentaro Kyuko 28 Masahiko Tanaka 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 30 Akihisa Nishida 31 Kotaro Yamasaki 32 Ren Kazahari 33 Kazuhiro Hatakeyama 34 Kyle Davies 35 Kengo Tagawa 36 Taishi Hirooka 37 Yudai Hoshino 38 Tetsuya Terada 39 Yusaku Nakamoto 40 Masato Furuno 41 Yuhei 42 Tomotaka Sakaguchi 43 Kyohei Muranaka 44 Keiji Iwahashi 45 Hiroaki Dohi 46 Ryota Yachi 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Julius Higuma 49 Daiki Watanabe 50 Tsuyoshi Ueda 51 Ryota Fujii 52 Yuhei Nakamura 53 Josh Lueke 54 Masato Nakazawa 55 Koji Yamakawa 56 Nobuyuki Okumura 57 Jun Matsui 59 Takahiro Imanami 60 Masayoshi Miwa 61 Yuto Koyama 62 Takeaki Tokuyama 63 Suguru Ino 64 Ryohei Kiya 65 Izumi Hara 66 Nagisa Arakaki 67 Ryo Hirai 68 Hirofumi Yamanaka 69 Ryuhei Kawakami 70 Kazuki Kondoh 71 Shogo Nakashima 91 Atsushi Ugumori

Coaching staff	Manager and head coach 77 Mitsuru Manaka

Yokohama DeNA BayStars current roster

Active roster	00 Yuya Kubo 0 Noriharu Yamazaki 1 Kento Kumabara 2 José López 3 Takayuki Kajitani 4 Sho Aranami 5 Toshihiko Kuramoto 6 Hiroyuki Shirasaki 7 Takehiro Ishikawa 9 Toshiki Kurobane 10 Yasutaka Tobashira 11 Shun Yamaguchi 12 Hiroshi Kobayashi 13 Yuta Kakita 14 Kenta Ishida 15 Shoichi Inoh 16 Shigeru Kaga 17 Kazuki Mishima 18 Daisuke Miura 19 Yasuaki Yamasaki 20 Kota Suda 21 Shōta Imanaga 22 Kentaro Takasaki 23 Kensuke Uchimura 24 Masanori Hayashi 25 Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh 26 Shotaro Ide 27 Yasutomo Kubo 28 Motoharu Fukuchi 30 Satoshi Iizuka 31 Tatsuhiro Shibata 32 Shuto Takajo 33 Tomo Otosaka 34 Shingo Hirata 35 Tomoya Mikami 36 Shigeo Yanagida 37 Masayuki Kuwahara 38 Kōki Yamashita 39 Hiroki Minei 40 Hyuma Matsui 41 Shinji Ohara 42 Elián Herrera 43 Tateki Abe 44 Yuki Watanabe 45 Kakeru Ayabe 46 Kenjiro Tanaka 47 Yoshiki Sunada 48 Shun Yamashita 49 Guillermo Moscoso 50 Tatsuya Shimozono 51 Toshiro Miyazaki 52 Jamie Romak 53 Yoslan Herrera 54 Yota Kosugi 55 Taketoshi Goto 56 Shuichiro Osada 57 Kōki Aoyagi 58 Takuto Nogawa 60 Naoki Shirane 61 Keijiro Matsumoto 62 Kohei Mantani 63 Taiki Sekine 64 Hiroki Momose 65 Yuki Kuniyoshi 66 Masashi Nishimori 67 Zach Petrick 68 Yoshiaki Fujioka 69 Mike Zagurski 97 Mike Broadway -- Spencer Patton -- Yang Hyeon-jong

Trainee	100 Keishō Amiya 102 Toi Kamei 101 Musashi Yamamoto 103 Jō Tamura

Coaching staff	Manager 80 Alex Ramírez

Yomiuri Giants roster

First squad

Second squad

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24 Yoshinobu Takahashi

Pitchers

13 Ryota Katsuki
18 Toshiya Sugiuchi
28 Kyosuke Takagi
29 Satoshi Fukuda
39 Miles Mikolas
41 Ryuya Matsumoto
43 Takahiro Aoki
49 Aaron Poreda
57 Katsuhiko Kumon
59 Yuki Koyama
62 Yuki Egarashi
66 Hideki Sunaga
94 Héctor Mendoza
99 Toru Anan

Catchers

64 Masato Kiyashiki
95 Genki Kawano
27 Kazunari Sanematsu
40 Ken Katoh

Infielders

0 Daisuke Fujimura
5 Garrett Jones
8 Yasuyuki Kataoka
33 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
36 Daisuke Nakai
60 Susumu Ohrui
56 Masaki Sakaguchi
58 Soichiro Tateoka
67 Ko Takahashi
93 Harutomo Tsuji

Outfielders

Manager

83 Kaoru Okazaki

Updated Jun 6, 2016
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Pacific League

Main article: Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines roster

First squad

Second squad

Pitchers

Catchers

22 Tomoya Satozaki
39 Masahiko Tanaka

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

70 Norifumi Nishimura

Pitchers

12 Yusuke kawasaki
13 Kentaro Hashimoto
14 Tomohisa Otani
20 Yasutaka Hattori
21 Yuta Shimoshikiryo
27 Takuya Furuya
33 Bryan Corey
34 Yuta Kimura
35 Toshiki Tsuboi
36 Masato Kurotaki
37 Keisuke Hayashi
38 Taiki Nakago
42 Yoshihito Katsuki
45 Kodai Matsumoto
46 Hidetaka Kawagoe
47 Takumi Nasuno
48 Akichika Yamada
51 Sumitomo Uematsu
53 Katsuyuki Aihara
56 Tetsuya Yamamoto
60 Kazunari Abe
69 Bill Murphy

Catchers

43 Toshio Saito
62 Takeshi Kanazawa
63 Keiyo Aomatsu
64 Yuji Miyamoto
67 Naoki Matoba

Infielders

32 Syunichi Nemoto
40 Masato Watanabe
50 Shota Omine
58 Tsuyoshi Aono
59 Kei Hosoya
60 Takuma Sadaoka

Outfielders

Manager

87 Yoshihiko Takahashi

Updated January 6, 2010
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

First squad	0 Tomoki Takata 1 Seiichi Uchikawa 2 Kenta Imamiya 4 Keizo Kawashima 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda 6 Yuki Yoshimura 7 Akira Nakamura 8 Kenji Akashi 9 Yuki Yanagita 11 Kenichi Nakata 12 Hiroaki Takaya 16 Nao Higashihama 17 Sho Iwasaki 20 Hayato Terahara 21 Tsuyoshi Wada 22 Ayatsugu Yamashita 23 Ryuma Kidokoro 24 Yuya Hasegawa 30 Shota Takeda 33 Shinya Tsuruoka 36 Taisei Makihara 37 Shuhei Fukuda 38 Yuito Mori 41 Kodai Senga 42 Yuya Iida 43 Tomoaki Egawa 44 Rick VandenHurk 46 Yuichi Honda 48 Ken Okamoto 50 Tadashi Settsu 51 Seiji Uebayashi 53 Ryota Igarashi 58 Dennis Sarfate 62 Takuya Kai 90 Robert Suarez

Second squad	00 Hikaru Kawase 14 Ren Kajiya 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 25 Seigi Tanaka 27 Kyle Jensen 28 Kenji Otonari 29 Shuta Ishikawa 31 Ryoya Kurihara 32 Masayoshi Tsukada 34 Hiroki Yamada 39 Yosuke Shimabukuro 47 Jumpei Takahashi 49 Yuto Furuya 56 Daichi Hoshino 57 Shinya Kayama 59 Shogo Furusawa 60 Gou Kamamoto 63 Taiga Kasahara 64 Yusuke Masago 65 Ryuhei Kuki 66 Yuki Matsumoto 68 Masaki Mimori 77 Masahiro Harimoto 121 Shoji Yoshimoto (Trainee) 123 Yusuke Itoh (Trainee) 140 Kaisei Sone (Trainee)

Third squad	13 Akira Niho 40 Reiji Kozawa 45 Kenta Tanigawara 55 Kenta Chatani 61 Kenta Kurose 67 Shunsuke Kasaya 120 Masato Sakata (Trainee) 122 Hiroyuki Kawahara (Trainee) 124 Kazuhiro Kohyama (Trainee) 125 Syogo Ohmoto (Trainee) 126 Seiya Saitoh (Trainee) 127 Daichiro Itoh (Trainee) 128 Amon Yamashita (Trainee) 129 Yuto Nozawa (Trainee) 130 Ryuya Kodama (Trainee) 131 Tamon Horiuchi (Trainee) 132 Yuichi Higoshi (Trainee) 133 Eiji Kakinoki (Trainee) 134 Hiroki Hasegawa (Trainee) 135 Thubasa Tashiro (Trainee) 136 Shin Nakamura (Trainee) 137 Takeshi Watanabe (Trainee) 138 Kousuke Moriyama (Trainee) 139 Shinsuke Tobo (Trainee) 141 Ryuya Shimizu (Trainee) 142 Ryuken Mathumoto (Trainee)

First squad coaching	Manager: 81 Kimiyasu Kudoh Bench coach: 79 Mitsuo Tatsukawa Pitching coaches: 70 Yoshinori Sato, 98 Hiroshi Takamura,94 Shinji Kurano Hitting coaches: 83 Yoshiie Tachibana, 76 Hiroshi Fujimoto Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 88 Yusuke Torigoe Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 93 Arihito Muramatsu Battery coach: 84 Masaumi Shimizu Operations and battery coach: 86 Hiroyuki Mori

Second squad coaching	Manager: 80 Yoshio Mizukami Pitching coaches: 72 Kenichi Wakatabe, 91 Masahiro Sakumoto Hitting coach: 71 Yasuo Fujii, 78 Tetsuya Iida Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 74 Hiroshi Ogawa Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 87 Tatsuya Ide Battery coach: 85 Tetsuya Matoyama

Third squad coaching	Manager: 96 Makoto Sasaki Pitching coaches: 82 Keisaburo Tanoue, 99 Yusaku Iriki Hitting coaches: 75 Noriyoshi Omichi Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 97 Takashi Sasagawa Battery coach: 95 Kenj Yoshithuru Rehabilitation coach: 73 Manabu Saitoh

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters current roster

Active roster	1 Dai-Kang Yang 2 Kenshi Sugiya 3 Kensuke Tanaka 4 Yuji Iiyama 5 Brandon Laird 6 Sho Nakata 7 Haruki Nishikawa 8 Kensuke Kondo 9 Takuya Nakashima 10 Yushi Shimizu 11 Shohei Otani 12 Go Matsumoto 13 Yuya Ishii 14 Takayuki Kato 15 Luis Mendoza 16 Kohei Arihara 17 Hiroshi Urano 18 Yuki Saito 19 Hirotoshi Masui 20 Kenta Uehara 21 Hisashi Takeda 23 Ryo Watanabe 25 Naoki Miyanishi 26 Daiki Asama 27 Shota Ohno 28 Hayato Arakaki 29 Kazutomo Iguchi 30 Yohei Kagiya 31 Hiromi Oka 32 Susumu Orui 33 Hideki Sunaga 34 Mitsuo Yoshikawa 35 Yodai Enoshita 36 Masaru Nakamura 37 Kenji Yano 38 Masaru Takeda 39 Hirotoshi Takanashi 40 Masashi Kanehira 43 Akihiro Hakumura 45 Shota Hiranuma 46 Hayao Segawa 47 Toyoki Tanaka 48 Keisuke Tanimoto 49 Shingo Ishikawa 50 Ruita Usami 51 Naoya Ishikawa 52 Anthony Bass 53 Shota Tatsuta 54 Yutaka Otsuka 55 Chris Martin 56 Tomoya Ichikawa 57 Shogo Yagi 58 Toshitake Yokoo 59 Yuki Yoshida 60 Yuji Arabari 61 Yuya Himeno 62 Yuto Takahama 63 Naoyuki Uwasawa 64 Yuya Taniguchi 65 Kengo Ota 66 Takumi Oshima 67 Ryosuke Kishizato 68 Ryo Ishikawa 70 Tomohito Yoneno

Coaching staff	Manager 80 Hideki Kuriyama

Orix Buffaloes roster

First squad

Second squad

Pitchers

11 Takahiro Matsuba
14 Kazumasa Yoshida
15 Tatsuya Satō
16 Yoshihisa Hirano
17 Sachiya Yamasaki
21 Yūki Nishi
26 Daiki Tomei
32 Brandon Dickson
35 Motoki Higa
47 Tomoyuki Kaida
57 Nobuyoshi Yamada
60 Ken Akama

Catchers

23 Torai Fushimi
37 Kenya Wakatsuki
62 Katsuki Yamazaki

Infielders

3 Ryōichi Adachi
4 Brent Morel
10 Koji Oshiro
38 Shuhei Kojima
39 Masahiro Nishino
40 Kohei Suzuki
44 Matt Clark
61 Kyo Okunami

Outfielders

8 Shunta
50 Yuya Oda
55 T-Okada
63 Issei Nakamura

Manager

78 Junichi Fukura

Pitchers

12 Kodai Sano
13 Shunichi Sato
18 Mamoru Kishida
19 Chihiro Kaneko
20 Taisuke Kondo
25 Pat Misch
27 Daiki Aoyama
36 Ban Takagi
43 Seiichi Sakayori
48 Koki Saito
49 Hirokazu Shiranita
52 Erik Cordier
58 Ryuta Kadoya
59 Shōhei Tsukahara
64 Shoto Morimoto
65 Kazuki Kondō
66 Ryo Yoshida
67 Sena Sato
68 Yu Suzuki
69 Satoshi Oyama
91 Takayuki Tsukada
98 Atori Ota

Catchers

22 Hikaru Itō
45 Toshio Saitō
97 Daisuke Tanaka

Infielders

1 Hiroyuki Nakajima
2 Takuya Hara
6 Yuma Mune
30 Kyohei Iwasaki
31 Eiichi Koyano
33 Takuya Shimada
42 Tony Blanco
54 Yūki Tsutsumi

Outfielders

24 Yuki Miyazaki
29 Brian Bogusevic
34 Masataka Yoshida
46 Takayoshi Kawabata
53 Yuto Yoshida
56 Kengo Takeda
99 Yutaro Sugimoto

Updated June 27, 2016
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Saitama Seibu Lions current roster

First squad	00 Daichi Mizuguchi 0 Shogo Kimura 1 Takumi Kuriyama 2 Yuji Kaneko 5 Yuji Onizaki 6 Naotaka Takehara 8 Naoto Watanabe 10 Tomoya Mori 11 Takayuki Kishi 12 Kuo Chun-lin 14 Tatsushi Masuda 16 Yusei Kikuchi 17 Kona Takahashi 20 Ryoma Nogami 25 Takanori Hoshi 27 Ginjiro Sumitani 28 Ryohei Fujiwara 29 Hirotaka Koishi 30 Yosuke Okamoto 32 Hideto Asamura 33 Hotaka Yamakawa 34 Yasuo Sano 35 Kazuhisa Makita 37 Masatoshi Okada 41 Makoto Aiuchi 42 Esmerling Vásquez 43 Tomomi Takahashi 44 Shuta Tonosaki 47 Andy Van Hekken 48 Shota Takekuma 51 Fumikazu Kimura 54 C. C. Lee 55 Shogo Akiyama 59 Kyohei Nagae 60 Takeya Nakamura 61 Shotaro Tashiro 62 Hitoto Komazuki 63 Isamu Sato 65 Shogo Saitoh 88 Ryo Sakata 99 Ernesto Mejía

Second squad	9 Yutaro Ohsaki 15 Tatsuya Oishi 18 Shinsaburō Tawata 19 Takuya Toyoda 21 Ken Togame 23 Shogo Noda 26 Seiji Kawagoe 31 Toshihiro Iwao 36 Tadasuke Minamikawa 38 Yusuke Tamamura 39 Nien Ting Wu 40 Takayuki Yamaguchi 45 Keisuke Honda 46 Yuta Nakazaki 49 Tatsuyuki Uemoto 50 Kentaro Fukukura 52 Haruka Yamada 53 Aito Otaki 56 Kazuki Kaneko 57 Tsubasa Kokuba 58 Masato Kumashiro 64 Shota Nakata 66 Naoaki Matsumoto 67 Koki Fujita 68 Kazuki Miyata 71 Daisuke Togawa 78 Komei Fujisawa

First squad coaching	Manager: 90 Norio Tanabe Head and pitching coach: 86 Tetsuya Shiozaki Pitching coaches: 72 Yoshihiro Doi, 89 Shinji Mori Batting coaches: 73 Hideki Hashigami, 76 Masahiro Abe, 80 Shigenobu Shima Fielding/Baserunning coaches: 70 Tomoaki Satoh, 74 Hiroshi Narahara Battery coach: 82 Masanori Taguchi Training coaches: 92 Shinobu Sakamoto, 96 Tatsuya Nakano

Second squad coaching	Manager: 83 Hisanori Yokota Pitching coaches: 81 Chikara Onodera, 91 Eiji Kiyokawa Batting coaches: 75 Hiroyuki Takagi, 85 Katsuhiko Miyaji Fielding/Baserunning coaches: 87 Satoshi Kuroda, 77 Shogo Akada Battery coach: 84 Kosaku Akimoto Training coaches: 98 Takafumi Sato, 95 Haruki Kurokawa

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles roster

First squad

Second squad

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

99 Masataka Nashida

Pitchers

15 Fumiya Ono
16 Yudai Mori
20 Tomohiro Anraku
21 Yoshinao Kamata
30 Satoshi Nagai
47 Takahito Otsuka
52 Masashi Kato
53 Kazutomo Aihara
57 Shinichiro Koyama
58 Wataru Karashima
59 Yasunori Kikuchi
60 Yuri Furukawa
61 Keiji Uezono
62 Susumu Aizawa
97 Jim Heuser
99 Ryuta Konno

Catchers

39 Takahiro Shimotsuma
65 Keiji Oyama

Infielders

2 Takumi Miyoshi
8 Yasuhito Uchida
46 Ryota Ito
56 Taishi Nakagawa
66 Wataru Nishimura
67 Tatsuro Iwasaki
91 Hiroshi Katayama

Outfielders

32 Shintaro Masuda
35 Hiroaki Shimauchi
63 Rintaro Kitagawa

Development Players

005 Hirohito Shimai OF
024 Kazuya Takahori P
051 Takahiro Kakizawa OF
121 Sho Miyagawa P
122 Takumaru Yaoita OF
123 Hiroki Osakaya INF
124 Alejandro Segovia C
129 Tomohiro Umetsu P
143 Yusuke Kosai INF

Updated April 25, 2015
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See also