Japan national baseball team

From BR Bullpen

(Redirected from Japanese national 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[edit]

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

Baseball in Japan
Federation National Team Womens' National Team
Central League · Pacific League
Japan Series · Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame · Meikyukai

International Baseball
· World Baseball Softball Confederation ·
Olympics · Premier 12 · Men's Baseball World Cup · Women's Baseball World Cup · Intercontinental Cup · World Baseball Classic · Women's Baseball Asian Cup · University · Junior "AAA" · Asia Professional Baseball Championship · Youth "AA"
Asian Baseball Cup · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Bolivarian Games · Central American Games · Central American and Caribbean Games· East Asian Baseball Cup ·East Asian Games ·Goodwill Games · Pan American Games · South American Championship · South Pacific Games · Southeast Asian Games · Super6 · West Asian Baseball CupWorld Games
Africa: ABSA – Africa Cup Baseball Championship Americas: COPABE – Pan American Games Asia: BFA – Asian Championship, Women's Baseball Asian Cup Europe: CEB – European Championship, European Women's Championship Oceania: BCO – Oceania Championship

National baseball teams of Asia (BFA)
Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Brunei · China · Hong Kong · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Japan · Kazakhstan · Laos · Malaysia · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · North Korea · Pakistan · Philippines · Singapore · South Korea · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · Thailand · Uzbekistan · Vietnam

Retrieved from "https://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Japan_national_baseball_team&oldid=1330974"

National baseball teams