This list consists of players who have played in Nippon Professional Baseball. Non-Japanese players who played in Japan are also included in this list.
A
- Shinnosuke Abe
- Benny Agbayani
- Ryoji Aikawa
- Norihiro Akahoshi
- Koji Akiyama
- Rod Allen
- Matty Alou
- George Altman
- Yuya Ando
- Norichika Aoki
- Takahiro Arai
- George Arias
- Hideyuki Awano
B
- Gene Bacque
- John Bale
- Eiji Bandō
- Randy Bass
- Tony Batista
- Howard Battle
- Kevin Beirne
- Tony Bernazard
- Frank Bolick
- Takehiko Bessho
- Kaoru Betto
- Don Blasingame
- Jack Bloomfield
- Mike Blowers
- Cedrick Bowers
- Tony Brewer
- John Britton
- Terry Bross
- Marty Brown
- Roosevelt Brown
- Ralph Bryant
- Melvin Bunch
- Ty Van Burkleo
C
D
- Yu Darvish
- Glenn Davis
- Orestes Destrade
- Larry Doby
- Shozo Doi
- Yoshihiro Doi
- Chris Donnels
- J. D. Durbin
E
F
- Pedro Feliciano
- Cecil Fielder
- Julio Franco
- Matt Franco
- Akihito Fujii
- Masao Fujii
- Kyuji Fujikawa
- Atsushi Fujimoto
- Hideo Fujimoto
- Fumio Fujimura
- Soichi Fujita
- Kosuke Fukudome
- Yutaka Fukumoto
- Atsuya Furuta
G
- Eddie Gaillard
- Balvino Gálvez
- Shosei Go
- Leo Gómez
- Koji Goto
- Mike Greenwell
- Kip Gross
- Lindsay Gulin
- Bill Gullickson
- Domingo Guzmán
H
- Kent Hadley
- Tatsunori Hara
- Isao Harimoto
- Harris McGalliard
- Shigetoshi Hasegawa
- Masanori Hayashi
- Osamu Higashio
- Eric Hillman
- Masaji Hiramatsu
- Kazuyuki Hoashi
- Kevin Hodges
- Bob Horner
- Dwayne Hosey
- Nobuyuki Hoshino
- Senichi Hoshino
- Mike Holtz
- Jack Howell
I
- Hirokazu Ibata
- Ryota Igarashi
- Kei Igawa
- Tadahito Iguchi
- Takahiro Ikeyama
- Toshiaki Imae
- Makoto Imaoka
- Kazuhisa Inao
- Hideki Irabu
- Yusaku Iriki
- Hiromichi Ishige
- Hirotoshi Ishii
- Kazuhisa Ishii
- Yutaka Ishii
- Takuro Ishii
- Tomohito Ito
- Tsutomu Ito
- Hisashi Iwakuma
- Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
- Akinori Iwamura
- Hitoki Iwase
J
K
- Hiromitsu Kadota
- Masaru Kageura
- Masayuki Kakefu
- Genji Kaku
- Masaichi Kaneda
- Makoto Kaneko
- Gabe Kapler
- Takashi Kashiwada
- Shinichi Kato
- Takeharu Kato
- Yoshitaka Katori
- Masahiro Kawai
- Tetsuharu Kawakami
- Takeo Kawamura
- Munenori Kawasaki
- Matt Keough
- Yusei Kikuchi
- Ryuji Kimura
- Takuya Kimura
- Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
- Mike Kinkade
- Sachio Kinugasa
- Willie Kirkland
- Hiroshi Kisanuki
- Manabu Kitabeppu
- Ryohei Kiya
- Kazuhiro Kiyohara
- Atsushi Kizuka
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi
- Masahide Kobayashi
- Masahito Kohiyama
- Hideo Koike
- Hiroki Kokubo
- Norihiro Komada
- Satoru Komiyama
- Dae-Sung Koo
- Makoto Kozuru
- Yuya Kubo
- Kimiyasu Kudoh
- Tomoyuki Kubota
- Hideki Kuriyama
- Hiroki Kuroda
- Satoshi Kuroda
- Masumi Kuwata
L
- Greg LaRocca
- Chris Latham
- Jim Lefebvre
- Leon Lee
- Leron Lee
- Sang-Hoon Lee
- Brad Lesley
- Omar Linares
- Luis Antonio Lopez
- Luis Lopez
- Jim Lyttle
M
- Ken Macha
- Tim Macintosh
- Bill Madlock
- Yukinaga Maeda
- Takahiro Mahara
- Charlie Manuel
- Bobby Marcano
- Jim Marshall
- Domingo Martínez
- Kazuo Matsui
- Hideki Matsui
- Takuya Matsumoto
- Daisuke Matsuzaka
- Darrell May
- Derrick May
- Scott McClain
- Jim McManus
- Dan Miceli
- Osamu Mihara
- Hensley Meulens
- Félix Millán
- Nate Minchey
- Carlos Mirabal
- Koichi Misawa
- Bobby Mitchell
- Daisuke Miura
- Takashi Miwa
- Shinya Miyamoto
- Eiji Mizuguchi
- Shigeru Mizuhara
- Trey Moore
- Shinji Mori
- Masao Morinaka
- Daisuke Motoki
- Scott Mullen
- Masanori Murakami
- Arihito Muramatsu
- Choji Murata
- Shuichi Murata
- Minoru Murayama
N
- Yasuo Nagaike
- Kazushige Nagashima
- Shigeo Nagashima
- Kiyoshi Nakahata
- Haruyasu Nakajima
- Micheal Nakamura
- Norihiro Nakamura
- Sho Nakata
- Yoshihisa Naruse
- Troy Neel
- Jimmy Newberry
- Don Newcombe
- Tomohiro Nioka
- Toshihisa Nishi
- Fumiya Nishiguchi
- Tsuyoshi Nishioka
- Takashi Nishimoto
- Kazutaka Nishiyama
- Yukihiro Nishizaki
- Michio Nishizawa
- Hideo Nomo
- Katsuya Nomura
O
- Sherman Obando
- Hiromitsu Ochiai
- Alex Ochoa
- Michihiro Ogasawara
- Koichi Ogata
- Sadaharu Oh
- Akira Ohgi
- Tomokazu Ohka
- Hideki Okajima
- Tom O'Malley
- Naoyuki Ohmura
- Steve Ontiveros
- José Ortiz
- Koichi Oshima
- Akinori Otsuka
P
- Jim Paciorek
- Larry Parrish
- Rodney Pedraza
- Roberto Petagine
- Jason Phillips
- Carlos Ponce
- Alonzo Powell
- Jeremy Powell
R
- Larry Raines
- Alex Ramirez
- Dave Rajsich
- Gary Rajsich
- Mathew Randel
- Kenny Rayborn
- Mike Reinbach
- Tuffy Rhodes
- Dave Roberts
- Robert Rose
S
- Takahiro Saeki
- Kazumi Saito
- Masaki Saito
- Takashi Saito
- Kazuhiro Sasaki
- Shinichi Sato
- Tomoya Satozaki
- Eiji Sawamura
- Erik Schullstrom
- Fernando Seguignol
- Andy Sheets
- Naoyuki Shimizu
- Takayuki Shimizu
- Tsuyoshi Shinjo
- Brian Sikorski
- John Sipin
- Reggie Smith
- Tony Solaita
- Alfonso Soriano
- Daryl Spencer
- Joe Stanka
- Victor Starffin
- Shigeru Sugishita
- Toshiya Sugiuchi
- Tadashi Sugiura
- Kento Sugiyama
- Ichiro Suzuki
- Keishi Suzuki
- Mac Suzuki
- Takanori Suzuki
T
- Koichi Tabuchi
- Kazuhito Tadano
- So Taguchi
- Morimichi Takagi
- Yutaka Takagi
- Hisanori Takahashi
- Yoshinobu Takahashi
- Yosuke Takasu
- Shingo Takatsu
- Hitoshi Tamura
- Kazunori Tanaka
- Masahiro Tanaka
- Yukio Tanaka
- Hitoshi Taneda
- Yoshitomo Tani
- Motonobu Tanishige
- Nick Testa
- Gary Thomasson
- Denney Tomori
- Kiyoshi Toyoda
- Yasumitsu Toyoda
U
W
- Kazuhiro Wada
- Tsuyoshi Wada
- Yutaka Wada
- Tadashi Wakabayashi
- Tsutomu Wakamatsu
- Kenichi Wakatabe
- Pete Walker
- John Wasdin
- Greg Wells
- Roy White
- Bernie Williams
- Jeff Williams
- Bump Wills
- Nigel Wilson
- Matt Winters
- Tyrone Woods
- Clyde Wright
Y
- Yasuhiko Yabuta
- Hisashi Yamada
- Koji Yamamoto (Chiba Lotte Marines)
- Koji Yamamoto (Hiroshima Toyo Carp)
- Daisuke Yamashita
- Wally Kaname Yonamine
- Tetsuya Yoneda
- Toyohiko Yoshida
- Yoshio Yoshida
- Masato Yoshii
- Yuji Yoshioka