NPB Import Players: Foreign Players Currently Playing in Japan

by Darrell Proctor March 29, 2023

March 29, 2023

Controversial pitcher Trevor Bauer, winner of the 2020 National League Cy Young Award as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, poses in his new Yokohama DeNA BayStars jersey at a press conference on March 24, 2023.

The table below lists all of the players in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) who are not from Japan.

Click here for a list of Japanese former Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players currently playing in NPB.

Last updated May 26, 2023. Have any additions or corrections? Please contact us at the form below.

Name	NPB Team	Position
Alcantara, Arismendy	Nippon-Ham	INF/OF
Almonte, Zoilo	Chunichi	OF
Alvarez, Frank	Chunichi	P
Amburgey, Trey	Yokohama	OF
Anderson, Drew	Hiroshima	P
Aquino, Aristides	Chunichi	OF
Astudillo, Willians	Fukuoka SoftBank	INF/OF/C
Austin, Tyler	Yokohama	1B/OF
Banuelos, Manny	Rakuten	P
Bauer, Trevor	Yokohama	P
Beasley, Jeremy	Hanshin	P
Beede, Tyler	Yomiuri	P
Brinson, Lewis	Yomiuri	OF
Calixte, Orlando	Chunichi	UTIL
Castillo, Luis Felipe	Chiba Lotte	P
Cedeno, Leandro	Orix	1B/OF
Corniel, Robert	Hiroshima	P
Cotton, Jharel	Orix	P
Davidson, Matt	Hiroshima	INF
Enns, Dietrich	Seibu	P
Escobar, Edwin	Yokohama	P
Espinal, Raynel	Yakult	P
Feliz, Daritzon	Chiba Lotte	P
Franco, Maikel	Rakuten	1B/3B
Galvis, Freddy	Fukuoka SoftBank	INF
Gant, John	Nippon-Ham	P
Gittens, Chris	Rakuten	1B
Gonzalez, Marwin	Orix	INF/OF
Griffin, Foster	Yomiuri	P
Gsellman, Robert	Yokohama	P
Gunkel, Joe	Fukuoka SoftBank	P
Hawkins, Courtney	Fukuoka SoftBank	OF
Kela, Keone	Yakult	P
Keller, Brian	Hanshin	P
Keller, Kyle	Hanshin	P
Lopez, Yoan	Yomiuri	P
Luciano, Elvis	Yomiuri	P
MacKinnon, David	Seibu	1B
Martinez, Ariel	Nippon-Ham	C/OF
Martinez, Raidel	Chunichi	P
McBroom, Ryan	Hiroshima	1B/OF
Mejia, Humberto	Chunichi	P
Mendez, Yohander	Yomiuri	P
Menez, Conner	Nippon-Ham	P
Mercedes, Cristopher	Chiba Lotte	P
Mieses, Johan	Hanshin	OF
Moinelo, Livan	Fukuoka SoftBank	P
Neuse, Sheldon	Hanshin	INF/OF
Nix, Jacob	Orix	P
Osuna, Jose	Yakult	1B/OF
Osuna, Roberto	Fukuoka SoftBank	P
Payton, Mark	Seibu	OF
Perdomo, Luis	Chiba Lotte	P
Peters, Dillon	Yakult	P
Polanco, Gregory	Chiba Lotte	OF
Ponce, Cody	Nippon-Ham	P
Revilla, Pedro	Chunichi	UTIL
Rodriguez, Bryan	Nippon-Ham	P
Santana, Domingo	Yakult	OF
Schwindel, Frank	Orix	1B/OF
Sneed, Cy	Yakult	P
Soto, Neftali	Yokohama	INF/OF
Stewart, Carter	Fukuoka SoftBank	P
Sung, Chia-Hao	Rakuten	P
Takahashi, Bo	Seibu	P
Tinoco, Jesus	Seibu	P
Turley, Nik	Hiroshima	P
Viciedo, Dayan	Chunichi	1B
Waguespack, Jacob	Orix	P
Walker, Adam	Yomiuri	OF
Wang, Po-Jung	Nippon-Ham	OF
Wendelken, J.B.	Yokohama	P
Wu, Nien-Ting	Seibu	INF
Yi, Chang	Seibu	P

Darrell Proctor