Meiji University

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.

Notable Alumni

• Noboru Akiyama, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kiyoshi Doi, NPB catcher and manager
• Hideo Fujimoto, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Nakazawa Fujio, announcer and executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hiroshi Goshi, amateur umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Giichi Hayashi, NPB pitcher and manager
• Kasuhisa Hino, Japanese national team infielder
• Katsumi Hirosawa, NPB outfielder
• Senichi Hoshino, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yasuhiro Ichiba, NPB pitcher
• Shuhei Ichieda, NPB infielder
• Hidetoshi Ikeda, NPB pitcher
• Toshiharu Inokawa, NPB catcher-infielder and manager
• Shun Ishikawa, NPB infielder
• Nobukazu Iwamoto, NPB pitcher
• Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Daichi Kaino, NPB infielder
• Kenshin Kawakami, pitcher
• Katsuya Kawashima, Japanese national team infielder
• Atsushi Kizuka, NPB pitcher
• Riichi Kodama, NPB infielder
• Kazuhiko Kondo, NPB infielder
• Tokuro Konishi, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Saburo Kosaka, NPB infielder
• Shigeru Makino, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kaichi Masu, NPB outfielder and manager
• Kenjiro Matsuki, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kosaburo Matsumoto, NPB catcher
• Takizo Matsumoto, politician; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kosuke Matsuoka, NPB infielder
• Takashi Miwa, NPB catcher
• Kentaro Miyazawa, Japanese national team infielder
• Masato Morishita, NPB pitcher
• Shigeo Murakami, NPB outfielder
• Nobuaki Nidegawa, NPB umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Osamu Nogami, Japanese national team infielder
• Akira Noguchi, NPB pitcher-infielder and manager
• Katsunori Nomura, NPB catcher
• Yusuke Nomura, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Ogasawara, NPB pitcher
• Genzaburo Okada, NPB catcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Terutoshi Okiyama, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshi Oshita, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Japanese national team outfielder
• Ryota Sekiya, NPB pitcher
• Seiichi Shima, amateur star; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kichiro Shimaoka, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hideo Shimizu, NPB pitcher
• Masayori Shimura, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tsuyoshi Sugano, NPB outfielder
• Shigeru Sugishita, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kiyoshi Sugiura, NPB infielder and manager
• Taira Sumitomo, NPB infielder
• Takeo Tabe, amateur infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shigeru Takada, NPB outfielder and manager
• Tsutomu Takeda, college president; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yuki Yamauchi, Japanese national team catcher
• Yuichi Yanagisawa, NPB catcher
• Saburo Yokozawa, NPB infielder, manager and umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Masao Yoshida, amateur star; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yoshio Yuasa, NPB player and manager

Coaches

• Genzaburo Okada, 1923-1935
• Kichiro Shimaoka, 1952-1988