Rikkyo University
(Redirected from Rikkio University)
- Location: Niiza, Saitama
- Conference: Tokyo Big6 Baseball League 1925-
- Ballpark: Rikkyo Ballpark
All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series Appearances: 5 1953, 1957, 1958, 1966, 2017
Meiji Jingu Baseball Convention Appearances: 3 1989, 1990, 1999
Tournament Titles: 1953 All-Japan Series, 1957 All-Japan Series, 1958 All-Japan Series, 2017 All-Japan Series
Rikkyo University is a member of the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League, and they won 13 champions. The most prominent baseball alumnus was Shigeo Nagashima, a team star in the late '50s.
Alumni[edit]
- Hideyuki Akao, Japanese national team outfielder
- Shuzo Aono, NPB infielder
- Shozo Doi, NPB infielder
- Michiteru Edamatsu, Japanese national team infielder
- Masayuki Furuta, Japanese national team manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Tomokazu Godai, Japanese national team pitcher
- Yoshikazu Hamanaka, NPB infielder
- Daisuke Hayakawa, NPB outfielder
- Ritsuo Horimoto, NPB pitcher
- Masaru Ikegaya, Japanese national team infielder
- Yasuhiro Imamura, Japanese national team catcher
- Makoto Inagawa, NPB pitcher
- Teruo Ishihara, NPB infielder
- Yozo Ishikawa, NPB pitcher
- Tokichi Ishimaru, NPB infielder
- Shigenori Iwatani, Japanese national team outfielder
- Masaru Kageura, NPB pitcher-infielder-outfielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Hiroo Kataoka, NPB catcher
- Takeo Kawamura, NPB pitcher
- Noboru Kitahara, NPB infielder
- Kenji Kyoda, Japanese national team infielder
- Kanji Maruyama, NPB outfielder
- Mitsuru Mochizuki, NPB outfielder
- Kiyoshi Morimoto, NPB infielder
- Yoshimi Moritaki, NPB pitcher
- Kingo Motoyashiki, NPB infielder
- Kimiyasu Murakami, NPB catcher
- Kazushige Nagashima, NPB infielder
- Shigeo Nagashima, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Yukichi Nagatoshi, NPB outfielder
- Yukio Nishimoto, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Shuichi Niwa, Japanese national team catcher
- Toru Ogawa, NPB infielder
- Michiori Okabe, Japanese national team infielder-outfielder
- Koji Okamura, NPB catcher
- Keisuke Okazaki, Japanese national team infielder
- Keiji Osawa, NPB infielder-outfielder and manager
- Sayoshi Osawa, Japanese national team outfielder
- Masahisa Sakaguchi, Japanese national team coach
- Tatsuhiko Satoh, Japanese national team outfielder
- Kazutoyo Shinohara, Japanese national team manager
- Kuninobu Sunaoshi, NPB manager
- Tadashi Sugiura, NPB pitcher
- Yuichi Tabata, Japanese national team infielder
- Kazuhito Tadano, pitcher
- Takayuki Takabayashi, Japanese national team outfielder
- Tsuneo Takabayashi, NPB outfielder
- Momosuke Takano, NPB outfielder
- Kazuki Tanaka, NPB outfielder
- Masayuki Tanemo, NPB catcher
- Kyohei Taniki, NPB outfielder
- Kazutaka Terauchi, NPB outfielder
- Michinori Tsubouchi, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Takeshi Tsuji, Japanese national team manager
- Toshiaki Yamada, NPB outfielder
- Fujio Yamaguchi, NPB infielder
- Takao Yato, NPB outfielder and manager
Coaches[edit]
- Kuninobu Sunaoshi, 1950-1955
- Takeshi Tsuji, 1955-1960
- Toshihisa Serisawa, 1961-1964
- Ichiro Shimuzu, 1965-1968
- Hisao Shimokawa, 1969-1970
- Kazutoyo Shinohara, 1971-1974
- Kan Kikuchi, 1975-1977
- Tairo Yamamoto, 1978-1984
- Kenji Yokokawa, 1985-1995
- Haruyuki Teshima, 1996-1999
- Shoji Saito, 2000-2003
- Masahisa Sakaguchi, 2004-2009
- Atsushi Otsuka, 2010-2013
- Tomonari Mizoguchi, 2014-2023
- Yasuo Kimura, 2024-
We're Social...for Statheads
Every Sports Reference Social Media Account
Site Last Updated:
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.