Meiji University

From BR Bullpen

Based in Tokyo, Meiji University is part of the Tokyo Big Six University League. It is generally one of the strongest powers in Japanese collegiate baseball and is a major rival of Waseda University.

[edit] Alumni

• Noboru Akiyama, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hideo Fujimoto, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Nakazawa Fujio, announcer and executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Giichi Hayashi, NPB pitcher and manager
• Katsumi Hirosawa, NPB outfielder
• Senichi Hoshino, NPB pitcher and manager
• Yasuhiro Ichiba, NPB pitcher
• Toshiharu Inokawa, NPB catcher-infielder and manager
• Nobukazu Iwamoto, NPB pitcher
• Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Daichi Kaino, NPB infielder
• Tokuro Konishi, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tsutomu Takeda, college president; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kenjiro Matsuki, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kosuke Matsuoka, NPB infielder
• Takashi Miwa, NPB catcher
• Kentaro Miyazawa, Japanese national team infielder
• Shigeo Murakami, NPB outfielder
• Akira Noguchi, NPB pitcher-infielder and manager
• Katsunori Nomura, NPB catcher
• Yusuke Nomura, Japanese national team pitcher
• Hiroshi Oshita, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Japanese national team outfielder
• Seiichi Shima, amateur star; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Masayori Shimura, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shigeru Sugishita, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shigeru Takada, NPB outfielder and manager
• Yuichi Yanagisawa, NPB catcher
• Yoshio Yuasa, NPB player and manager