NPB Import Players: Foreign Players Currently Playing in Japan

by Darrell Proctor April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters hope that slugger Franmil Reyes will add some thump to their lineup. Still only 28 years old at the start of the 2024 season, Reyes twice hit 30+ home runs in MLB.

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 April 8, 2025. Have any additions or corrections? Please contact us at the form below.

Name	NPB Team	Position
Arnaez, Jean	Hanshin	P/UTIL
Austin, Tyler	Yokohama	1B/OF
Avila, Pedro	Yakult	P
Baldonado, Alberto	Yomiuri	P
Bauer, Trevor	Yokohama	P
Baumann, Mike	Yakult	P
Cabbage, Trey	Yomiuri	INF
Calixte, Orlando	Chunichi	INF
Cedeno, Leandro	Seibu	1B
Diaz, Jordan	Orix	INF
Diaz, Yofrec	Yokohama	P
Dominguez, Johan	Hiroshima	P
Downs, Jeter	Fukuoka SoftBank	INF
Duplantier, Jon	Hanshin	P
Espinoza, Anderson	Orix	P
Fabian, Sandro	Hiroshima	OF
Franco, Maikel	Rakuten	1B/3B
Griffin, Foster	Yomiuri	P
Guerrero, Tayron	Chiba Lotte	P
Gu Lin, Ruei Yang	Nippon-Ham	P
Hearn, Taylor	Hiroshima	P
Hernandez, Darwinzon	Fukuoka SoftBank	P
Hernandez, Elier	Yomiuri	OF
Howard, Spencer	Rakuten	P
Jackson, Andre	Yokohama	P
Kay, Anthony	Yokohama	P
Keller, Brad	Chiba Lotte	P
Keller, Kyle	Yomiuri	P
Lambert, Peter	Yakult	P
Machado, Andres	Orix	P
Marte, Yunior	Chunichi	P
Martinez, Ariel	Nippon-Ham	C
Martinez, Raidel	Yomiuri	P
Mejia, Humberto	Chunichi	P
Moinelo, Livan	Fukuoka SoftBank	P
Montero, Elehuris	Hiroshima	INF
Muller, Kyle	Chunichi	P
Nelson, Nick	Hanshin	P
Nevin, Tyler	Seibu	INF/OF
Olivares, Edward	Orix	OF
Osuna, Jose	Yakult	INF
Perdomo, Luis	Orix	P
Polanco, Gregory	Chiba Lotte	OF
Ramirez, Emmanuel	Seibu	P
Reyes, Franmil	Nippon-Ham	OF
Sammons, Bryan	Chiba Lotte	P
Santana, Domingo	Yakult	OF
Soto, Neftali	Chiba Lotte	1B
Stewart, Carter	Fukuoka SoftBank	P
Takahashi, Bo	Seibu	P
Turley, Nik	Rakuten	P
VerHagen, Drew	Nippon-Ham	P
Vosler, Jason	Chunichi	OF
Voth, Austin	Chiba Lotte	P
Wick, Rowan	Yokohama	P
Wingenter, Trey	Seibu	P
Yajure, Miguel	Rakuten	P
Zabala, Aneurys	Nippon-Ham	P

Darrell Proctor

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