Meiji University

• Location: Chiyoda, Tokyo
• Conference: Tokyo Big6 Baseball League 1927-
• Ballpark: Meiji University Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark

All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series Appearances: 20 1954, 1955, 1961, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023

Meiji Jingu Baseball Convention Appearances: 14 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2025

Tournament Titles: 1954 All-Japan Series, 1955 All-Japan Series, 1975 Meiji-Jingu Convention, 1978 All-Japan Series, 1979 Meiji-Jingu Convention, 1980 All-Japan Series, 1981 All-Japan Series, 1995 Meiji-Jingu Convention, 1996 Meiji-Jingu Convention, 2011 Meiji-Jingu Convention, 2016 Meiji-Jingu Convention, 2019 All-Japan Series, 2022 Meiji-Jingu Convention

Meiji University is generally one of the strongest powers in Japanese collegiate baseball. It had won the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League Champion 44 times.

Notable Alumni

• Masahiro Abe, Japanese national team catcher
• Toshiki Abe, NPB infielder
• Ryosuke Aizawa, Japanese national team outfielder
• Noboru Akiyama, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shunichi Amachi, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takeichi Amano, NPB infielder
• Shinobu Ando, NPB manager
• Nobuhisa Arai, Japanese national team coach
• Fumiya Araki, NPB infielder
• Kotaro Azuse, NPB pitcher
• Kiyoshi Doi, NPB catcher and manager
• Makoto Doi, Japanese national team infielder
• Yuki Egarashi, NPB pitcher
• Hideo Fujimoto, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shuhei Fukuda, NPB outfielder
• Akihito Fukuo, NPB infielder
• Yasushi Funayama, NPB pitcher
• Masao Furukawa, NPB pitcher
• Yoshihiro Furukawa, Japanese national team catcher
• Yuki Furukawa, NPB pitcher
• Jun Furusawa, NPB outfielder
• Hideo Furuya, Japanese national team pitcher
• Yoshio Gomi, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Goshi, amateur umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kogo Goto, Japanese national team coach
• Hiroshi Hamada, NPB pitcher
• Katsuhiko Hara, NPB catcher
• Tokuzo Harada, NPB outfielder
• Osamu Hasegawa, NPB pitcher
• Kunio Hata, Japanese national team outfielder
• Giichi Hayashi, NPB pitcher and manager
• Hiromi Hino, NPB catcher
• Kasuhisa Hino, Japanese national team infielder
• Saburo Hirai, NPB infielder
• Katsuo Hirata, NPB infielder
• Katsuhiro Hiratsuka, NPB outfielder
• Katsumi Hirosawa, NPB outfielder
• Tetsukazu Honma, NPB pitcher
• Hirokazu Horizoe, Japanese national team outfielder
• Tomoya Hoshi, NPB pitcher
• Senichi Hoshino, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shoji Hozan, NPB infielder
• Yasuhiro Ichiba, NPB pitcher
• Shuhei Ichieda, NPB infielder
• Hidetoshi Ikeda, NPB pitcher
• Kazuhiko Ikejima, NPB pitcher
• Nariyuki Imakurusu, NPB catcher
• Takahiro Imanami, NPB infielder
• Toshiharu Inokawa, NPB catcher-infielder and manager
• Yasuo Inoue, NPB pitcher
• Taisei Irie, NPB pitcher
• Masanori Iritani, NPB pitcher
• Hiromu Ise, NPB pitcher
• Masayoshi Ishida, NPB infielder
• Yuki Ishihara, NPB pitcher
• Masahiro Ishii, NPB outfielder
• Shun Ishikawa, NPB infielder
• Kozo Ishioka, NPB pitcher
• Kenichi Isoda, NPB infielder
• Fumitaka Ito, NPB pitcher
• Shoshichi Ito, NPB outfielder
• Kento Itohara, NPB infielder
• Nobukazu Iwamoto, NPB pitcher
• Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yuji Iwamoto, Japanese national team infielder
• Yasuhiro Iwaoka, NPB infielder
• Shinji Iwata, NPB pitcher
• Daichi Kaino, NPB infielder
• Masa Kamiguchi, NPB outfielder
• Shigejiro Kanbayashi, NPB catcher
• Takeo Kanno, NPB infielder
• Satoshi Kashibuchi, Japanese national team outfielder
• Yoshiyuki Kasuya, NPB infielder
• Haruo Kato, NPB outfielder and manager
• Kazuaki Kato, NPB infielder
• Masakazu Kato, NPB infielder
• Yasuo Kato, NPB catcher
• Yoshitaka Katori, NPB pitcher
• Tomoyasu Kawaguchi, Japanese national team manager
• Kenshin Kawakami, pitcher
• Toshio Kawanishi, NPB outfielder and infielder
• Keinosuke Kawasaki, NPB infielder
• Katsuya Kawashima, Japanese national team infielder
• Satoshi Kikuchi, Japanese national team pitcher
• Ikuhiko Kinoshita, NPB catcher
• Atsushi Kizuka, NPB pitcher
• Toshizo Kobayashi, NPB infielder
• Riichi Kodama, NPB infielder
• Taiga Kojima, NPB catcher
• Hiroaki Kon, NPB outfielder
• Kazuhiko Kondo, NPB infielder
• Teizo Kondo, NPB pitcher
• Tokuro Konishi, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Saburo Kosaka, NPB infielder
• Katsuhiko Kumazaki, NPB commissioner
• Koichi Kume, Japanese national team coach
• Yuki Kume, NPB pitcher
• Toshimichi Kunieda, NPB infielder
• Kesanori Kurashima, NPB catcher
• Akira Kurata, NPB infielder
• Shigenori Kuremoto, NPB infielder
• Takayuki Kuriki, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshige Kuroki, NPB infielder
• Yasuhiro Mae, Japanese national team pitcher
• Sadayuki Maeda, NPB infielder
• Shingo Maeda, NPB infielder
• Shigeru Makino, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Harumi Mano, NPB player and umpire
• Kazuya Maruyama, NPB outfielder
• Kaichi Masu, NPB outfielder and manager
• Naoki Matoba, NPB catcher
• Kinichi Matsuhiro, NPB outfielder
• Kenjiro Matsuki, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kazuo Matsumoto, NPB infielder
• Kosaburo Matsumoto, NPB catcher
• Takizo Matsumoto, politician; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yusaku Matsumoto, NPB outfielder
• Ichiro Matsuoka, NPB infielder
• Kosuke Matsuoka, NPB infielder
• Kazumi Miura, NPB outfielder
• Sumiya Miyazawa, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Miwa, NPB catcher
• Takuzo Miyake, NPB outfielder
• Jiro Miyazaki, NPB infielder
• Kentaro Miyazawa, Japanese national team infielder
• Yoshio Mizuno, Japanese national team infielder
• Seizo Morimoto, NPB infielder and pitcher
• Masato Morishita, NPB pitcher
• Kaito Mouri, NPB pitcher
• Rui Muneyama, NPB infielder
• Toshio Murai, Japanese national team pitcher
• Kaito Muramatsu, NPB infielder
• Kenichi Murata, NPB pitcher
• Masanobu Murowaki, NPB outfielder
• Shigeo Murakami, NPB outfielder
• Yutaka Muroi, NPB catcher
• Saburo Nakamura, NPB infielder
• Yutaka Nakamura, NPB outfielder
• Susumu Nakane, NPB outfielder and umpire
• Fujio Nakazawa, announcer and executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kazuhiko Natori, NPB pitcher
• Nobuaki Nidegawa, NPB umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kazuki Nishijima, minor league pitcher
• Hiroshi Nishimura, Japanese national team manager
• Hisanori Nishitani, NPB infielder
• Osamu Nogami, Japanese national team infielder
• Akira Noguchi, NPB pitcher-infielder and manager
• Katsunori Nomura, NPB catcher
• Takeshi Nomura, NPB pitcher
• Teruo Nomura, NPB infielder
• Yusuke Nomura, NPB pitcher
• Kanji Nukui, NPB catcher
• Takashi Ogasawara, NPB pitcher
• Yoshiharu Ogawa, NPB pitcher and manager
• Takao Ogi, NPB outfielder
• Jey Ohkawa, NPB pitcher
• Hiromi Oka, NPB outfielder
• Genzaburo Okada, NPB catcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tadahiro Okada, NPB pitcher
• Atsushi Okamoto, NPB pitcher
• Yasushi Oki, NPB catcher
• Terutoshi Okiyama, NPB outfielder
• Kano Omoda, NPB outfielder
• Hirosuke Onishi, NPB outfielder
• Shigeyuki Onodera, Japanese national team outfielder
• Mitsuo Oomori, NPB and minor league catcher
• Mitsuo Osaki, NPB pitcher
• Hiroshi Oshita, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hiromasa Saitoh, NPB pitcher
• Mitsugu Saito, NPB pitcher
• Shigeki Saito, Japanese national team infielder
• Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Japanese national team outfielder
• Seishiro Sakamoto, NPB catcher
• Shozo Sakurai, NPB pitcher
• Keita Sano, NPB outfielder
• Isao Sasaki, NPB catcher
• Shigenori Sasaki, NPB infielder
• Masaru Sato, NPB pitcher
• Hiromi Seki, Japanese national team outfielder
• Ichiro Sekiguchi, NPB pitcher
• Ryota Sekiya, NPB pitcher
• Sakae Shigeri, NPB pitcher
• Seiichi Shima, amateur star; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kichiro Shimaoka, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hiroaki Shimauchi, NPB outfielder
• Hideo Shimizu, NPB pitcher
• Kiichiro Shimizu, NPB infielder
• Masayori Shimura, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takahiro Shoda, NPB outfielder
• Toichiro Sobue, NPB outfielder
• Manami Soeda, Japanese national team infielder
• Tsuyoshi Sugano, NPB outfielder
• Michihiro Sugawara, NPB outfielder
• Kazukiyo Sugimoto, Japanese national team pitcher
• Shigeru Sugishita, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kiyoshi Sugiura, NPB infielder and manager
• Takeshi Suhara, NPB outfielder
• Taira Sumitomo, NPB infielder
• Kenichi Sumoto, NPB infielder
• Yosuke Sunazuka, Japanese national team infielder
• Ginnosuke Suzuki, NPB infielder
• Kazuhiko Suzuki, Japanese national team infielder
• Takeo Tabe, amateur infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tsutomu Tada, NPB infielder
• Shigeru Takada, NPB outfielder and manager
• Michitake Takahashi, NPB pitcher
• Ryoma Takamatsu, Japanese national team outfielder
• Hiroyoshi Takano, NPB pitcher
• Taito Takashima, NPB pitcher
• Kazuhiro Takeda, NPB pitcher
• Tsutomu Takeda, college president; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yu Takeda, NPB pitcher
• Suguru Takemoto, NPB infielder
• Toyohiro Takiguchi, NPB catcher
• Toshio Tamakoshi, NPB infielder
• Mitsuru Tamura, NPB pitcher
• Masaharu Tanaka, NPB outfielder
• Seiichi Tarui, NPB pitcher
• Raita Terada, NPB outfielder
• Akiharu Tezuka, NPB infielder
• Yusuke Torigoe, NPB infielder
• Seisuke Toyoda, NPB outfielder
• Toru Tsuchiya, NPB infielder
• Ryutaro Tsuji, NPB outfielder
• Tetsuya Tsuji, NPB infielder
• Yoshinori Tsuji, NPB catcher
• Noboru Tsunemi, NPB outfielder
• So Tsutsui, NPB infielder
• Kyuto Ueda, NPB infielder
• Kenta Uehara, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Uemoto, NPB infielder
• Katsuhisa Urushihata, NPB infielder
• Shigeki Ushida, NPB pitcher
• Yoshio Wakebe, NPB outfielder
• Reijiro Watanabe, NPB infielder
• Tairiku Watanabe, NPB manager
• Yoshiaki Watanabe, NPB infielder
• Takashi Yagi, NPB pitcher
• Shigetoshi Yamada, Japanese national team coach
• Tomihito Yamagata, NPB player
• Akio Yamasaki, NPB catcher
• Katsumi Yamasaki, NPB outfielder
• Sachiya Yamasaki, NPB pitcher
• Yuki Yamauchi, Japanese national team catcher
• Zenpei Yamazaki, NPB outfielder
• Yuya Yanagi, NPB pitcher
• Nobuo Yana, NPB pitcher
• Yuichi Yanagisawa, NPB catcher
• Junichi Yano, NPB outfielder
• Kamekazu Yasui, NPB infielder
• Seiko Yasuoka, Japanese national team infielder
• Masahiro Yokoyama, NPB outfielder
• Saburo Yokozawa, NPB infielder, manager and umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Masao Yoshida, amateur star; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Taisei Yoshida, NPB infielder
• Mitatsuya Yoshina, Japanese national team coach
• Yoshio Yuasa, NPB player and manager

Coaches

• Genzaburo Okada, 1923
• Umejiro Ito, 1924
• Genzaburo Okada, 1925-1935
• Umeo Yazawa, 1936-1941
• Kiyoshi Sugiura, 1941
• Minoru Ota, 1942
• Umeo Yazawa, 1946
• Yutaka Yasogawa, 1946-1947
• Tatsuo Miyasaka, 1948-1950
• Yutaka Yasogawa, 1951
• Kichiro Shimaoka, 1952-1961
• Ryutaro Matsuda, 1961
• Takehisa Kurisaki, 1962-1964
• Kichiro Shimaoka, 1965-1978
• Takeshi Mitsuzawa, 1978
• Hirofumi Ohtani, 1979
• Kichiro Shimaoka, 1980-1988
• Takahiko Beppu, 1989-1995
• Nobuhisa Arai, 1996-2001
• Shigeki Saito, 2002-2003
• Keita Kawaguchi, 2004-2008
• Mitatsuya Yoshina, 2008-2019
• Takehiro Tanaka, 2020-

Assistant Coaches

• Kazuki Nishijima
• Akihito Fukuo, 2021-