List of Japanese players in Major League Baseball
This is an alphabetical list of 31 Japanese baseball players who have played in Major League Baseball between 1964 and 2007. This list only includes players who have played in at least one Major League game.
- Shigetoshi Hasegawa: 1997–2001 Los Angeles Angels, 2002–5 Seattle Mariners
- Kei Igawa: 2007 New York Yankees
- Tadahito Iguchi: 2005–2007 Chicago White Sox
- Akinori Iwamura: 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Hideki Irabu: 1997–1999 New York Yankees, 2000–1 Montreal Expos, 2002 Texas Rangers
- Kazuhisa Ishii: 2002–2004 Los Angeles Dodgers, 2005 New York Mets
- Kenji Johjima: 2006–2007 Seattle Mariners
- Takashi Kashiwada: 1997 New York Mets
- Masao Kida: 1999–2000 Detroit Tigers, 2003–4 Los Angeles Dodgers, 2004–5 Seattle Mariners
- Satoru Komiyama: 2002 New York Mets
- Masumi Kuwata: 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates
- Hideki Matsui: 2003–2007 New York Yankees
- Kazuo Matsui: 2004–2006 New York Mets, 2006–7 Colorado Rockies
- Daisuke Matsuzaka: 2007 Boston Red Sox
- Masanori Murakami: 1964–1965 San Francisco Giants. The first Japanese player to play in MLB
- Micheal Nakamura: 2003 Minnesota Twins, 2004 Toronto Blue Jays
- Norihiro Nakamura: 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers
- Hideo Nomo: 1995–1998 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1998 New York Mets, 1999 Milwaukee Brewers, 2000 Detroit Tigers, 2001 Boston Red Sox, 2002–4 Los Angeles Dodgers, 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The second Japanese player in MLB, 30 years after Murakami
- Takahito Nomura: 2002 Milwaukee Brewers
- Hideki Okajima: 2007 Boston Red Sox
- Tomokazu Ohka: 1999–2001 Boston Red Sox, 2001–05 Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, 2006 Milwaukee Brewers, 2007 Toronto Blue Jays
- Akinori Otsuka: 2004–2005 San Diego Padres, 2006–7 Texas Rangers
- Takashi Saito: 2006–2007 Los Angeles Dodgers
- Kazuhiro Sasaki: 2000–2003 Seattle Mariners
- Tsuyoshi Shinjo: 2001 New York Mets, 2002 San Francisco Giants, 2003 New York Mets
- Ichiro Suzuki: 2001–2007 Seattle Mariners
- Mac Suzuki: 1996 Seattle Mariners, 1998–9 Seattle Mariners, 1999–2001 Kansas City Royals, 2001 Colorado Rockies, 2001 Milwaukee Brewers, 2002 Kansas City Royals
- Kazuhito Tadano: 2004–2005 Cleveland Indians
- So Taguchi: 2002–2007 St. Louis Cardinals
- Shingo Takatsu: 2004–2005 Chicago White Sox, 2005 New York Mets
- Keiichi Yabu: 2005 Oakland Athletics
- Masato Yoshii: 1998–1999 New York Mets, 2000 Colorado Rockies, 2001–2 Montreal Expos
