List of Nippon Professional Baseball players (A)

The following is a list of Nippon Professional Baseball players with the last name starting with A, retired or active.

A

Name Debut Final Game Position Teams Ref Andy Abad 2000 2000 Outfielder Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Kenta Abe August 26, 2003 Pitcher Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Orix Buffaloes, Hanshin Tigers Masahiro Abe March 24, 2001 Infielder Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Orix Buffaloes Osamu Abe May 11, 1984 September 23, 1999 Outfielder Seibu Lions, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Shigeki Abe 1991 2001 Catcher Yomiuri Giants, Yakult Swallows Shinnosuke Abe 2001 Catcher Yomiuri Giants Winston Abreu 2008 2008 Pitcher Chiba Lotte Marines Mark Acre May 5, 1998 September 5, 1998 Pitcher Yakult Swallows Toshiya Adachi 1984 1996 Infielder Kintetsu Buffaloes Benny Agbayani March 27, 2004 Outfielder Chiba Lotte Marines Yushi Aida April 1, 2007 Pitcher Yomiuri Giants Katsuyuki Aihara 2006 Pitcher Chiba Lotte Marines Ryota Aikawa September 16, 1999 Outfielder Orix BlueWave, Orix Buffaloes Ryoji Aikawa August 21, 1999 Catcher Yokohama BayStars, Tokyo Yakult Swallows Takashi Aiki July 21, 2002 Pitcher Orix BlueWave, Orix Buffaloes, Hanshin Tigers Takeshi Aikoh April 6, 1981 2000 Infielder Lotte Orions, Chiba Lotte Marines, Chunichi Dragons Hisashi Aikyoh March 27, 2001 Pitcher Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Shogo Akada August 20, 1999 Outfielder Seibu Lions, Saitama Seibu Lions Motoyuki Akahori May 3, 1989 2004 Pitcher Kintetsu Buffaloes, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Norihiro Akahoshi March 30, 2001 Outfielder Hanshin Tigers Masato Akamatsu October 4, 2005 Outfielder Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Toyo Carp Kazuyuki Akasaka June 1, 2008 Pitcher Chunichi Dragons Kenji Akashi May 2, 2004 Infielder Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Kosaku Akimoto April 25, 1990 2000 Catcher Seibu Lions, Yokohama Taiyo Whales, Yokohama BayStars Norihiro Akimura April 7, 1990 1996 Pitcher Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Nippon Ham Fighters Koji Akiyama September 29, 1981 October 6, 2002 Outfielder, Third baseman Seibu Lions, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks Noboru Akiyama March 21, 1956 1967 Pitcher Taiyo Whales Kokichi Akune 1999 2004 Infielder Nippon Ham Fighters Takeo Akuta Kintetsu Pearls Chad Allen 2007 2007 Outfielder Orix Buffaloes Erick Almonte 2005 2005 Infielder Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Héctor Almonte 2001 2002 Pitcher Yomiuri Giants Shunichi Amachi Kohichi Amano August 7, 2002 September 10, 2005 Pitcher Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yugoh Amano Infielder Chiba Lotte Marines Sohichiro Amaya August 20, 2004 Outfielder Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yoshio Anabuki Junro Anan Manabu Andoh Masanori Andoh Motoo Andoh Shinji Andoh Shinobu Andoh Yuya Ando April 7, 2002 Pitcher Hanshin Tigers Hayato Aoki Pitcher Seibu Lions, Hiroshima Toyo Carp Kazuyoshi Aoki Norichika Aoki July 17, 2004 Outfielder Yakult Swallows, Tokyo Yakult Swallows Takahiro Aoki Tomoshi Aoki Keiyo Aomatsu Takeshi Aono Noboru Aota Susumu Aoyagi Koji Aoyama Luis Aquino 1996 1996 Pitcher Kintetsu Buffaloes Kiyoshi Arai Nobuaki Arai Ryohji Arai Ryota Arai Satoshi Arai Shogo Arai Takahide Arai Takahiro Arai April 3, 1999 Infielder Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Hanshin Tigers Yukio Arai Tatsuya Araidai Nagisa Arakaki March 31, 2003 Pitcher Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hisao Arakane Hiroshi Arakawa Yuta Arakawa Daisuke Araki Masahiro Araki May 31, 1997 Second baseman Chunichi Dragons Atsushi Aramaki George Arias 2000 2006 Infielder Orix BlueWave, Hanshin Tigers, Yomiuri Giants Masashi Arikura Giichi Arima Kanehisa Arime Michiyo Arito Hideki Asai Itsuki Asai Ryo Asai Kenta Asakura Keita Asama Tomoharu Asano Toshinori Asanuma Takuya Asao Toyo Asayama Yutaka Ashikaga Akira Ashizawa Scott Atchison April 1, 2008 Pitcher Hanshin Tigers Kazuyuki Atsuzawa May 14, 1995 2003 Pitcher Nippon Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Hideyuki Awano April 12, 1987 October 7, 2000 Pitcher Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants, Yokohama BayStars Yoshifumi Ayukawa June 13, 1990 2000 Infielder Hanshin Tigers, Chiba Lotte Marines Kazumasa Azuma August 17, 2001 July 4, 2006 Pitcher Yokohama BayStars, Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions Kohtaro Azuse August 8, 1990 August 18, 2000 Pitcher Yokohama Taiyo Whales, Chiba Lotte Marines, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Chunichi Dragons, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

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