List of Major League Baseball players from Japan

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Ichiro Suzuki (left) and Shohei Ohtani are first and only two Japanese players who received the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award

A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters. The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system. One of the players, pitcher Masanori Murakami, was named the California League Rookie of the Year while playing for the Fresno Giants (the San Francisco Giants' Class-A team). Giants executives were impressed with his talent and on September 1, 1964, Murakami was promoted, thus becoming the first Japanese player to play in MLB, as well as being the first Asian player. [3] After Murakami put up good pitching statistics as a reliever, Giants executives sought to exercise a clause in their contract with the Hawks that, they claimed, allowed them to buy up an exchange prospect's contract. NPB officials objected, stating that they had no intention of selling Murakami's contract to the Giants and telling them that Murakami was merely on loan for the 1964 season. After a two-month stalemate the Giants eventually agreed to send Murakami back to the Hawks after the 1965 season. This affair led to the 1967 United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement, also known as the "Working Agreement", between MLB and NPB, which was basically a hands-off policy. [4] [5]

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For thirty years Murakami was the only Japanese player to appear in an MLB game. Pitcher Hideo Nomo, with the help of agent Don Nomura, became the second Japanese player to play in MLB in 1995. Nomo, who was not yet eligible for free agency in Japan, was advised by Nomura that a "voluntary retirement" clause in the Working Agreement did not specify that a player wishing to play again after retiring must return to NPB. Nomo utilized this loophole to void his NPB contract with the Kintetsu Buffaloes and play in MLB. He announced his retirement from NPB in late 1994 and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in February 1995. [6] Nomo's maneuver and Hideki Irabu's later MLB contractual complications were contributing factors to a major revision of the Working Agreement in 1998 that created the posting system. [7] Since its inception 22 Japanese players have been signed through the system, however one of these players, Shinji Mori, did not play in a single MLB game due to an injury. NPB players who have nine or more years of playing service with NPB can become international free agents and do not need to enter MLB through the posting system. [8] The remaining Japanese players that have played in MLB have either signed as free agents or signed as amateur players. Mac Suzuki, Kazuhito Tadano, and Junichi Tazawa are the only Japanese players to have debuted in MLB without previously playing in NPB. [9] [10] [11] All 30 MLB teams have had at least one Japanese player on their roster.

Japanese players have had a range of success in MLB. Twelve players have been selected to participate in the All-Star Game; Ichiro Suzuki has made the most appearances with ten. In addition to these selections, Ichiro has won several prestigious MLB awards including the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award and the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 2001, the All-Star Game MVP Award in 2007 and multiple Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards. Ichiro also holds the MLB record for the recording the most hits in a single season. Hideo Nomo was the only Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter until Hisashi Iwakuma accomplished the feat on August 12, 2015. Nomo threw two in total; the first came in 1996 and the last occurred in 2001.

Currently, Shohei Ohtani is the only player in MLB history to win the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award twice unanimously in 2021 and 2023, the first player in MLB history with 10 wins and 40 home runs in a season, [12] and the first player in MLB history to be named to both first teams for the 2023 All-MLB Team in the same season (as a designated hitter and starting pitcher respectively). [13] Ohtani is also the first Japanese-born player to hit for the cycle, the first Japanese-born player to win a major league home run title, leading the American League with 44 home runs [14] the first Japanese-born player to win the AL Hank Aaron Award, [15] and the first Japanese player to have the most popular Major League Baseball jersey sales. [16] In addition, Ohtani has also won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award in 2018, two Silver Slugger Awards, and multiple Edgar Martínez Outstanding Designated Hitter Awards. [17] Ohtani also signed the largest contract in professional sports history, a 10-year $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. [18] while Yoshinobu Yamamoto received the most guaranteed dollars ever given to a pitcher, signing a 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers. [19]

Thirteen Japanese players have played in the World Series. Of these players, So Taguchi has won the most with two and Hideki Matsui is the only one to win the World Series MVP Award. The 2007 World Series had the most Japanese players, with Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima pitching for the Boston Red Sox, and Kazuo Matsui playing for the Colorado Rockies.

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Key to symbols in player table
*
Signed with a Major League Baseball team via the posting system
§
Signed with a Major League Baseball team without first playing for a Nippon Professional Baseball team
†
Inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
‡
Inducted into both the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Current players

Players from Japan on existing Major League Baseball rosters
Player Position MLB debutGames*Team(s)StatusNotes
Yu Darvish * SP April 9, 2012282 Texas Rangers (2012–2017)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2017)
Chicago Cubs (2018–2020)
San Diego Padres (2021–)		 Active [20] [21]
Kenta Maeda * SP April 6, 2016219 Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–2019)
Minnesota Twins (2020–2023)
Detroit Tigers (2024–)		 Active [22] [23]
Shohei Ohtani * TWP March 29, 2018860 Los Angeles Angels (2018–2023)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2024–)		 Active [24] [25]
Yusei Kikuchi * SP March 21, 2019166 Seattle Mariners (2019–2021)
Toronto Blue Jays (2022–2024)
Houston Astros (2024)		 Active [26] [27]
Seiya Suzuki * RF April 7, 2022381 Chicago Cubs (2022–) Active [28] [29]
Masataka Yoshida * LF March 30, 2023248 Boston Red Sox (2023–) Active [30] [31]
Shintaro Fujinami * RP April 1, 202364 Oakland Athletics (2023)
Baltimore Orioles (2023)
Seattle Mariners (2025–)		 Minors [32] [33]
Kodai Senga SP April 2, 202330 New York Mets (2023–) Active [34] [35]
Yoshinobu Yamamoto * SP March 20, 202418 Los Angeles Dodgers (2024–) Active [36] [37]
Yuki Matsui RP March 20, 202464 San Diego Padres (2024–) Active [38] [39]
Shota Imanaga * SP April 1, 202429 Chicago Cubs (2024–) Active [40] [41]
* Games played through the 2024 regular season.

Former players

Players from Japan that formerly appeared on Major League Baseball rosters
Player Position MLB debutFinal MLB gameGamesFormer MLB Team(s)Notes
Masanori Murakami P September 1, 1964October 1, 196554 San Francisco Giants (1964–1965) [42]
Hideo Nomo † P May 2, 1995April 18, 2008324 Los Angeles Dodgers (1995–1998, 2002–2004)
New York Mets (1998)
Milwaukee Brewers (1999)
Detroit Tigers (2000)
Boston Red Sox (2001)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005)
Kansas City Royals (2008)		 [43] [44]
Mac Suzuki § P July 7, 1996June 28, 2002117 Seattle Mariners (1996, 1998–1999)
Kansas City Royals (1999–2001, 2002)
Colorado Rockies (2001)
Milwaukee Brewers (2001)		 [45]
Shigetoshi Hasegawa P April 5, 1997September 28, 2005517 Anaheim Angels (1997–2001)
Seattle Mariners (2002–2005)		 [46]
Takashi Kashiwada P May 1, 1997September 18, 199735 New York Mets (1997) [47]
Hideki Irabu P July 10, 1997July 12, 2002126 New York Yankees (1997–1999)
Montreal Expos (2000–2001)
Texas Rangers (2002)		 [48]
Masato Yoshii P April 5, 1998September 11, 2002162 New York Mets (1998–1999)
Colorado Rockies (2000)
Montreal Expos (2001–2002)		 [49]
Masao Kida P April 5, 1999August 3, 200565 Detroit Tigers (1999–2000)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2003–2004)
Seattle Mariners (2004–2005)		 [50]
Tomokazu Ohka P July 19, 1999October 4, 2009204 Boston Red Sox (1999–2001)
Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (2001–2005)
Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2006)
Toronto Blue Jays (2007)
Cleveland Indians (2009)		 [51]
Kazuhiro Sasaki † P April 5, 2000September 28, 2003228 Seattle Mariners (2000–2003) [52]
Ichiro Suzuki *‡ OF April 2, 2001March 21, 20192,653 Seattle Mariners (2001–2012, 2018–2019)
New York Yankees (2012–2014)
Miami Marlins (2015–2017)		 [53] [54]
Tsuyoshi Shinjo OF April 3, 2001June 27, 2003303 New York Mets (2001, 2003)
San Francisco Giants (2002)		 [55]
Takahito Nomura P April 3, 2002May 15, 200221 Milwaukee Brewers (2002) [56]
Satoru Komiyama P April 4, 2002September 11, 200225 New York Mets (2002) [57]
Kazuhisa Ishii * P April 6, 2002September 28, 2005105 Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2004)
New York Mets (2005)		 [58]
So Taguchi OF June 10, 2002October 4, 2009672 St. Louis Cardinals (2002–2007)
Philadelphia Phillies (2008)
Chicago Cubs (2009)		 [59]
Hideki Matsui † OF March 31, 2003July 22, 20121,236 New York Yankees (2003–2009)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2010)
Oakland Athletics (2011)
Tampa Bay Rays (2012)		 [60] [61]
Kazuo Matsui IF April 6, 2004May 18, 2010630 New York Mets (2004–2006)
Colorado Rockies (2006–2007)
Houston Astros (2008–2010)		 [62]
Akinori Otsuka * P April 6, 2004July 1, 2007236 San Diego Padres (2004–2005)
Texas Rangers (2006–2007)		 [63]
Shingo Takatsu † P April 9, 2004October 2, 200599 Chicago White Sox (2004–2005)
New York Mets (2005)		 [64] [65]
Kazuhito Tadano § P April 27, 2004July 16, 200515 Cleveland Indians (2004–2005) [66]
Tadahito Iguchi IF April 4, 2005September 28, 2008493 Chicago White Sox (2005–2007)
Philadelphia Phillies (2007, 2008)
San Diego Padres (2008)		 [67]
Keiichi Yabu P April 9, 2005September 27, 2008100 Oakland Athletics (2005)
San Francisco Giants (2008)		 [68]
Norihiro Nakamura * IF April 10, 2005May 6, 200517 Los Angeles Dodgers (2005) [69]
Kenji Johjima C April 3, 2006October 3, 2009462 Seattle Mariners (2006–2009) [70]
Takashi Saito P April 9, 2006September 30, 2012338 Los Angeles Dodgers (2006–2008)
Boston Red Sox (2009)
Atlanta Braves (2010)
Milwaukee Brewers (2011)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2012)		 [71]
Akinori Iwamura * IF April 2, 2007September 26, 2010408 Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays (2007–2009)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2010)
Oakland Athletics (2010)		 [72]
Hideki Okajima P April 2, 2007June 13, 2013266 Boston Red Sox (2007–2011)
Oakland Athletics (2013)		 [73]
Daisuke Matsuzaka * P April 5, 2007September 25, 2014158 Boston Red Sox (2007–2012)
New York Mets (2013–2014)		 [74] [75]
Kei Igawa * P April 7, 2007June 27, 200816 New York Yankees (2007–2008) [76]
Masumi Kuwata P June 10, 2007August 13, 200719 Pittsburgh Pirates (2007) [77]
Kosuke Fukudome OF March 31, 2008June 3, 2012596 Chicago Cubs (2008–2011)
Cleveland Indians (2011)
Chicago White Sox (2012)		 [78] [79]
Kazuo Fukumori P March 31, 2008April 24, 20084 Texas Rangers (2008) [80]
Masahide Kobayashi P April 2, 2008May 7, 200967 Cleveland Indians (2008–2009) [81]
Hiroki Kuroda † P April 4, 2008September 25, 2014212 Los Angeles Dodgers (2008–2011)
New York Yankees (2012–2014)		 [82]
Yasuhiko Yabuta P April 5, 2008October 4, 200943 Kansas City Royals (2008–2009) [83]
Koji Uehara P April 8, 2009September 2, 2017436 Baltimore Orioles (2009–2011)
Texas Rangers (2011–2012)
Boston Red Sox (2013–2016)
Chicago Cubs (2017)		 [84]
Kenshin Kawakami P April 11, 2009September 9, 201052 Atlanta Braves (2009–2010) [85]
Ken Takahashi P May 2, 2009September 25, 200928 New York Mets (2009) [86] [87]
Junichi Tazawa § P August 7, 2009September 30, 2018388 Boston Red Sox (2009–2016)
Miami Marlins (2017–2018)
Los Angeles Angels (2018)		 [88] [89]
Hisanori Takahashi P April 7, 2010April 11, 2013168 New York Mets (2010)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011–2012)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2012)
Chicago Cubs (2013)		 [90] [91]
Ryota Igarashi P April 8, 2010August 12, 201283 New York Mets (2010–2011)
Toronto Blue Jays (2012)
New York Yankees (2012)		 [92] [93]
Tsuyoshi Nishioka * IF April 1, 2011August 8, 201271 Minnesota Twins (2011–2012) [94] [95]
Yoshinori Tateyama P May 24, 2011September 26, 201253 Texas Rangers (2011–2012) [96] [97]
Nori Aoki * OF April 6, 2012October 1, 2017759 Milwaukee Brewers (2012–2013)
Kansas City Royals (2014)
San Francisco Giants (2015)
Seattle Mariners (2016)
Houston Astros (2017)
Toronto Blue Jays (2017)
New York Mets (2017)		 [98] [99] [100]
Munenori Kawasaki IF April 7, 2012October 2, 2016276 Seattle Mariners (2012)
Toronto Blue Jays (2013–2015)
Chicago Cubs (2016)		 [101] [102]
Hisashi Iwakuma P April 20, 2012May 3, 2017150 Seattle Mariners (2012–2017) [103] [104]
Kyuji Fujikawa P April 1, 2013May 15, 201529 Chicago Cubs (2013–2014)
Texas Rangers (2015)		 [105] [106]
Kensuke Tanaka OF July 9, 2013July 28, 201315 San Francisco Giants (2013) [107] [108]
Masahiro Tanaka * P April 4, 2014September 23, 2020174 New York Yankees (2014–2020) [109] [110] [111]
Tsuyoshi Wada P July 8, 2014September 4, 201521 Chicago Cubs (2014–2015) [112] [113] [114]
Toru Murata P June 28, 2015June 28, 20151 Cleveland Indians (2015) [115] [116]
Yoshihisa Hirano P March 29, 2018September 27, 2020150 Arizona Diamondbacks (2018–2019)
Seattle Mariners (2020)		 [117] [118] [119]
Kazuhisa Makita * P March 30, 2018September 29, 201827 San Diego Padres (2018) [120] [121]
Yoshi Tsutsugo * IF July 24, 2020July 31, 2022182 Tampa Bay Rays (2020–2021)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2021)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2021–2022)		 [122] [123] [124]
Shogo Akiyama OF July 24, 2020September 16, 2021142 Cincinnati Reds (2020–2021) [125] [126] [127]
Shun Yamaguchi * P July 26, 2020September 27, 202017 Toronto Blue Jays (2020) [128] [129] [130]
Hirokazu Sawamura P April 2, 2021August 28, 2022104 Boston Red Sox (2021–2022) [131] [132]
Kohei Arihara * P April 3, 2021September 10, 202215 Texas Rangers (2021–2022) [133] [134]
Naoyuki Uwasawa * RP May 2, 2024May 3, 20242 Boston Red Sox (2024) [135] [136]

Awards, records and notable accomplishments

Baseball Hall of Fame

Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame

Awards and accolades

Hitting

Baserunning

Pitching

All-Star Game selections

Players from Japan that have been selected to participate in a Major League Baseball All-Star Game
PlayerLeagueSelectionsYear(s)Notes
Ichiro Suzuki AL 10 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Inside-the-park home run, All-Star Game MVP (2007) [153]
Yu Darvish AL, NL 5 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021 Selected as the winner of the Final Vote but did not play (2012) [154] [155]
Selected but did not play (2013) [156]
Selected but did not play (2017)
Selected but did not play due to being on the injured list (2021)
Shohei Ohtani AL 4 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Recorded a win as the starting pitcher (2021)
First player in history to be selected as both designated hitter and starting pitcher (2021) [157]
Selected as both the designated hitter and a starting pitcher, but did not pitch (2022)
Selected as both the designated hitter and a starting pitcher. Automatic selection as the starting DH by leading the AL in votes (2023) [158]
Kazuhiro Sasaki AL 2 2001, 2002 Closed and recorded a save (2001) [159]
Hideki Matsui AL 2 2003, 2004 Selected as the winner of the Final Vote (2004) [160]
Masahiro Tanaka AL 2 2014, 2019 Selected but did not play due to being on the disabled list (2014)
Selected in place of injured Marcus Stroman (2019)
First Yankee pitcher to win an All-Star Game in 71 years (2019) [161]
Hideo Nomo NL 1 1995 Starting pitcher [162]
Shigetoshi Hasegawa AL 1 2003
Hideki Okajima AL 1 2007 Selected as the winner of the Final Vote, but did not play [153] [163]
Takashi Saito NL 1 2007
Kosuke Fukudome NL 1 2008
Hisashi Iwakuma AL 1 2013 Selected but did not play [164]
Koji Uehara AL 1 2014 Selected in place of injured Masahiro Tanaka [165]
Yusei Kikuchi AL 1 2021 Selected but did not play [166]
Kodai Senga NL 1 2023 Selected in place of Marcus Stroman, but did not play [167]
Shota Imanaga NL 1 2024
Bold indicates the player was selected to the starting roster

World Series appearances

Players from Japan that have been a part of a Major League Baseball World Series
Player World Series
championships		World Series
appearances		Year(s)Notes
Hideki Irabu 22 1998 Yankees
1999 Yankees		First Japanese player to win a World Series. Did not play in either the 1998 or 1999 World Series but was on both active rosters.
So Taguchi 23 2004 Cardinals
2006 Cardinals
2008 Phillies 		Did not play in the 2008 World Series, despite being on the Phillies' active roster [168] [169] [170]
Hideki Matsui 12 2003 Yankees
2009 Yankees		 World Series MVP (2009) [171] [172]
Tadahito Iguchi 11 2005 White Sox [173]
Hideki Okajima 11 2007 Red Sox First Japanese pitcher to appear in a World Series. With Matsuzaka, first Japanese pitcher to win the World Series. The 2007 World Series was the first in which Japanese players appeared for both teams. [174]
Daisuke Matsuzaka 11 2007 Red Sox First Japanese pitcher to both start and win a World Series game and first Japanese pitcher to win an MLB playoff game during the 2007 postseason. With Okajima, first Japanese pitcher to win the World Series. The 2007 World Series was the first in which Japanese players appeared for both teams. [174]
Junichi Tazawa 11 2013 Red Sox [175]
Koji Uehara 11 2013 Red Sox First Japanese pitcher to record a save in a World Series game [175]
Kenta Maeda 02 2017 Dodgers
2018 Dodgers 		First Japanese player to play in consecutive World Series [176]
Tsuyoshi Shinjo 01 2002 Giants First Japanese player to play in a World Series game [177]
Kazuo Matsui 01 2007 Rockies The 2007 World Series was the first in which Japanese players appeared for both teams. [174]
Akinori Iwamura 01 2008 Rays [178]
Nori Aoki 01 2014 Royals [179]
Yu Darvish 01 2017 Dodgers [180]
Yoshi Tsutsugo 01 2020 Rays [181]
Bold indicates that the team won the World Series that year

Notes

General
Inline citations
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