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.

Managers (incomplete)

• Reiichi Matsunaka - 1977
• Hiroshi Nishimura - 1978
• Tokichiro Ishii - 1980
• Reiichi Matsunaka - 1984
• Kazutoyo Shinohara - 1985 Asian Championship
• Yoshinobu Suzuki - 1985 Intercontinental Cup
• Yukichi Maeda - 1986
• Yoshinobu Suzuki - 1988
• 安藤喜春 - 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
• 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
• Hirotami Kojima - 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