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[edit]
- 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
- Shuhei Fukuda, NPB outfielder
- 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
- Shinji Iwata, NPB pitcher
- 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
- Katsuhiko Kumazaki, NPB commissioner
- 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
- Kazuki Nishijima, minor league pitcher
- 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
- Hiroaki Shimauchi, NPB outfielder
- 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
- Kazuhiro Takeda, NPB pitcher
- Tsutomu Takeda, college president; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Yuki Yamauchi, Japanese national team catcher
- Zenpei Yamazaki, NPB outfielder
- Yuya Yanagi, NPB pitcher
- 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[edit]
- Genzaburo Okada, 1923-1935
- Kichiro Shimaoka, 1952-1988
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