WSuguru Egawa is a Japanese former pitcher and current baseball analyst. Despite being one of the best pitchers of his generation, Egawa's perceived arrogance and non-conformist ways earned him the media nicknames "Dirty Egawa," "The Giant Devil," and "The Enemy of the People."
WTomoya Hoshi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
WYasushi Iihara is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Tochigi Golden Braves of Baseball Challenge League.
WTatsuya Imai is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
WKazunari Ishii is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
WTakuro Ishii is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He currently is a coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
WShunsuke Ishikawa is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League.
WTakeshi Kanazawa, nicknamed "Kin", is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2008 to 2014 and from 2016 to 2018.
WMitsuru Manaka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. On October 8, 2014, he was named manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, replacing Junji Ogawa. Manaka had previously been managing the Swallows' farm team.
WYoshihisa Naruse is a Japanese baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He made his debut in the 2006 season. In 2007, Naruse had his best season as a professional in his short career. All season long he was competing with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters superstar Yu Darvish for the Eiji Sawamura Award, the award for best pitcher in all of Japan. In 24 starts, Naruse was 16–1 with a 1.82 ERA, with 138 strikeouts and only 27 walks in 173 and 1/3 innings. Darvish, by comparison, was 15–5 in 26 starts, also compiling a 1.82 ERA, but not only did he throw more complete games than Naruse, but Darvish also threw more innings, but he struck out more batters, with 210 punch-outs. The two ended up facing each other in the 2007 Pacific League Championship Series' deciding Game 5. Darvish triumphed over Naruse at Sapporo Dome, and the Fighters won Game 5 and the series 3–2, setting up a rematch of the 2006 Japan Series with the Chunichi Dragons. Naruse ultimately lost out to Darvish for the Sawamura Award in 2007.
WYoshifumi Okada is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from 2010 to 2018.
WTatsuya Ozeki is a professional Japanese baseball player.
WShoma Sato is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
WHirokazu Sawamura is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants and Chiba Lotte Marines. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 212 pounds (96 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.
WDaiki Tajima is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes.
WHiroshi Takamura is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
WHiroaki Takaya is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
WShunsuke Watanabe is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.
WHayato Yuge (弓削 隼人, born April 6, 1994 in Sano, Tochigi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He made his NPB debut in 2019.