Japan national baseball team

Japan
Federation	Baseball Federation of Japan

The Japan national baseball team is a national team of Japan and is controlled by the Baseball Federation of Japan. It represents the nation in senior-level men's international competition. The team is a member of the BFA.

Japan is one of the few countries to employ an amateur and professional version of its national team; the amateur squad competes in most events, while the pros are only used for events such as the Olympics and World Baseball Classic. Japan won three of the first five World Baseball Classics, one of the first two Premier 12 and a Gold in the 2020 Olympics. Japan won the 2023 World Baseball Classic, defeating the USA.

Managers

• Kisaku Kato - 1954
• Kichiro Shimaoka - 1955
• Takeshi Tsuji - 1959
• Shigeru Inoue - 1962
• Masao Fukumoto - 1963
• Tokichiro Ishii - 1965
• Seiji Inaba - 1967
• Satoshi Iwata - 1969
• Yo Doi - 1971
• Masayuki Furuta - 1973
• Katsunari Miyai - 1975
• Masayuki Furuta - 1976
• Reiichi Matsunaka - 1977
• Hiroshi Nishimura - 1978
• Katsuji Kawashima - 1979
• Tokichiro Ishii - 1980-1983
• Reiichi Matsunaka - 1984
• Kazutoyo Shinohara - 1985 Asian Championship
• Yoshinobu Suzuki - 1985 Intercontinental Cup
• Yukichi Maeda - 1986
• Yoshinobu Suzuki - 1987-1988
• Yoshiharu Ando - 1989 Asian Championship
• Kenichi Ishiyama - 1989 Intercontinental Cup
• Masatake Yamanaka - 1990-1992
• Katsuji Kawashima - 1993-1996
• Masakazu Satake - 1997 Asian Championship
• Kozo Otagaki - 1997 Intercontinental Cup
• Tomoyasu Hagino - 1998
• Kozo Otagaki - 1999-2000
• Toshihiko Goto - 2001-2002
• Tadanori Murakami - 2003
• Kiyoshi Nakahata - 2004
• Yasuhiko Sugimoto - 2005
• Sadaharu Oh - 2006 World Baseball Classic
• Yasuhiko Sugimoto - 2006 Intercontinental Cup
• Tazuru Kakino - 2006 Asian Games
• Senichi Hoshino - 2007-2008
• Tatsunori Hara - 2009 World Baseball Classic
• Yasuhiko Sugimoto - 2009 Asian Championship-2009 Baseball World Cup
• Kaoru Okazaki - 2010 Intercontinental Cup
• Hirotami Kojima - 2010 Asian Games-2011
• Koji Yamamoto - 2013 World Baseball Classic
• Hirotami Kojima - 2013 East Asian Games-2014
• Tsuyoshi Ando - 2015 Asian Championship
• Hiroki Kokubo - 2015 Premier 12-2017 World Baseball Classic
• Akio Ishii - 2017 Asian Championship-2019 Asian Championship
• Atsunori Inaba - 2019 Premier 12-2021
• Hideki Kuriyama - 2023 World Baseball Classic
• Akio Ishii - 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023)
• Tomoyasu Kawaguchi - 2023 Asian Championship
• Atsunori Inaba - 2024