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The Japan national baseball team is the national baseball team of Japan. It has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since the first demonstration tournament in 1984. Until 2000, the team was made up exclusively of amateur players. Starting with the 2000 Summer Olympics, the team has been comprised of players from Nippon Professional Baseball. The team playing in the 2006 World Baseball Classic also includes Japanese players from Major League Baseball (Through sometimes amateur players are also included). In the Classic, the team played in Pool A and placed second, advancing to round two. They went on to win the Classic. They would be playing in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, as they had quailifed on the Asian Baseball Championship in 2007.

Contents 1 2006 World Baseball Classic roster 2 Olympic record 3 World Baseball Classic record 4 External links

Manager

• 89 Sadaharu Oh - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks manager (王貞治)

Coaches

• 84 Kazuhiro Takeda - former Yomiuri Giants pitching coach (武田一浩)
• 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji - former Yokohama BayStars coach (辻発彦)
• 86 Yoshitaka Katori - former Yomiuri Giants pitching coach (鹿取義隆)
• 87 Yasunori Oshima - former Nippon Ham Fighters manager (大島康徳)
• 88 Sumio Hirota - former Yomiuri Giants coach (弘田澄男)

Pitchers（Win-Loss-Save・Earned Run Average・Strikeouts )

• 11 Naoyuki Shimizu - P Chiba Lotte Marines (清水直行) （0-0-1・4.15・6)
• 12 Soichi Fujita - P Chiba Lotte Marines (藤田宗一) (0-0-0・9.00・1)
• 15 Tomoyuki Kubota - P Hanshin Tigers (久保田智之) (none)
• 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka - P Seibu Lions; now playing for Boston Red Sox (松坂大輔) (3-0-0・1.38・10)
• 19 Koji Uehara - P Yomiuri Giants (上原浩治) (2-0-0・1.59・16)
• 20 Yasuhiko Yabuta - P Chiba Lotte Marines (薮田安彦) (0-0-0・2.08・5)
• 21 Tsuyoshi Wada - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (和田毅) (0-0-0・0.00・1)
• 24 Kyuji Fujikawa - P Hanshin Tigers (藤川球児) (0-1-0・0.00・3)
• 31 Shunsuke Watanabe- P Chiba Lotte Marines (渡辺俊介) (0-0-0・1.98・6)
• 40 Akinori Otsuka - P Texas Rangers (大塚晶則) (0-0-1・1.59・8)
• 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi - P Chiba Lotte Marines (小林宏之) (0-0-0・18.00・3)
• 47 Toshiya Sugiuchi - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (杉内俊哉) (0-1-0・5.40・2)
• 61 Hirotoshi Ishii - P Tokyo Yakult Swallows (石井弘寿) (0-1-0・27.00・1)
• 61 Takahiro Mahara - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (馬原孝浩) (none)

Catchers（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）

• 22 Tomoya Satozaki - C Chiba Lotte Marines (里崎智也) (.409・1・5・0)
• 27 Motonobu Tanishige - C Chunichi Dragons (谷繁元信) (.000・0・0・0)
• 59 Ryoji Aikawa - C Yokohama BayStars (相川亮二) (.500・0・0・0)

Infielders（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）

•  1 Akinori Iwamura - 3B Tokyo Yakult Swallows now playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays(岩村明憲) (.389・0・3・2)
•  2 Michihiro Ogasawara - 3B Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters now playing for the Yomiuri Giants (小笠原道大) (.231・0・7・0)
•  4 Nobuhiko Matsunaka - 1B Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (松中信彦) (.433・0・2・0)
•  7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka - 2B Chiba Lotte Marines (西岡剛) (.355・2・8・4)
•  8 Toshiaki Imae - 3B Chiba Lotte Marines (今江敏晃) (.200・0・4・0)
• 10 Shinya Miyamoto - 2B, SS Tokyo Yakult Swallows (宮本慎也) (.667・0・2・0)
• 25 Takahiro Arai - 1B, 3B Hiroshima Toyo Carp (新井貴浩) (.333・0・0・0)
• 52 Munenori Kawasaki - SS Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (川崎宗則) (.259・1・5・2)

Outfielders（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）

•  5 Kazuhiro Wada - OF Seibu Lions (和田一浩) (.000・0・0・0)
•  6 Hitoshi Tamura - OF Yokohama BayStars; now playing for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (多村仁) (.259・3・9・0)
•  9 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh - OF Yokohama BayStars (金城龍彦) (.200・0・0・0)
• 17 Kosuke Fukudome - OF Chunichi Dragons (福留孝介) (.182・2・6・0)
• 23 Norichika Aoki - OF Tokyo Yakult Swallows (青木宣親) （.200・0・1・0)
• 51 Ichiro Suzuki - OF Seattle Mariners (イチロー) （.364・1・5・5)

• 1984 - Finished in 1st place (demonstration sport)
• 1988 - Finished in 2nd place (demonstration sport)
• 1992 - Bronze medal winner
• 1996 - Silver medal winner
• 2000 - Finished in 4th place
• 2004 - Bronze medal winner

• 2006 - Champion

• World Baseball Classic Roster for Japan

v • d • e Japan 2006 World Baseball Classic roster
1 Akinori Iwamura | 2 Michihiro Ogasawara | 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka | 5 Kazuhiro Wada | 6 Hitoshi Tamura | 7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka | 8 Toshiaki Imae | 9 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh | 10 Shinya Miyamoto | 11 Naoyuki Shimizu | 12 Soichi Fujita | 15 Tomoyuki Kubota | 17 Kosuke Fukudome | 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka | 19 Koji Uehara | 20 Yasuhiko Yabuta | 21 Tsuyoshi Wada | 22 Tomoya Satozaki | 23 Norichika Aoki | 24 Kyuji Fujikawa | 25 Takahiro Arai | 27 Motonobu Tanishige | 31 Shunsuke Watanabe | 40 Akinori Otsuka | 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi | 47 Toshiya Sugiuchi | 51 Ichiro Suzuki | 52 Munenori Kawasaki | 59 Ryoji Aikawa | 61 Hirotoshi Ishii／Takahiro Mahara
Manager 89 Sadaharu Oh | Coach 84 Kazuhiro Takeda | Coach 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji | Coach 86 Yoshitaka Katori | Coach 87 Yasunori Oshima | Coach 88 Sumio Hirota

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