List of current foreign Nippon Professional Baseball players
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In Nippon Professional Baseball, players born outside of Japan are often known as international players. This list includes all international players who are currently on NPB 70-man rosters and thus eligible to play in Nippon Professional Baseball or either of the two "ni-gun" leagues, the Western League and the Eastern League. As both the Central League and Pacific League have a limit on foreign players on the 28-man first team (ichi-gun) rosters (maximum of four foreign players which must be a mix of pitchers and position players), there are currently just sixty-nine active players on NPB 70-man rosters. This list does include foreign-born players who qualify as Japanese through residency, such as Yaku Cho and Wladimir Balentien, but does not include Japanese-born players who are eligible for other national teams, such as Yuma Mune and Brandon Tysinger.[1]
List is accurate as of the end of the 2025 season:
| Player | Position | Debut season | NPB Team(s) | Nationality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Abreu | RHP | 2024 |
|
 Dominican Republic |
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| Stiven Acevedo | OF | 2025 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Alberto Baldonado | LHP | 2023 |
|
 Panama |
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| Trey Cabbage | OF/1B | 2025 |
|
 United States of America |
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| Orlando Calixte | UTL | 2023 |
|
Dominican Republic |
|
| Sung Chia-hao | RHP | 2017 |
|
 Taiwan |
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| Johan Domínguez | RHP | 2025 |
|
Dominican Republic |
|
| Jeter Downs | IF | 2024 |
|
 Colombia |
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| Jon Duplantier | RHP | 2025 |
|
United States of America |
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| Anderson Espinoza | RHP | 2024 |
|
 Venezuela |
|
| Sandro Fabian | OF | 2025 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Oscar González | OF | 2025 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Ruei Yang Gu Lin | RHP | 2025 |
|
Taiwan |
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| Taylor Hearn | LHP | 2024 |
|
United States of America |
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| Darwinzon Hernández | LHP | 2023 |
|
Venezuela |
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| Spencer Howard | RHP | 2025 |
|
United States of America |
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| Andre Jackson | RHP | 2024 |
|
United States of America |
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| Andrés Machado | RHP | 2024 |
|
Venezuela |
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| Ariel Martínez | C/OF | 2020 |
|
 Cuba |
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| Raidel Martínez | RHP | 2018 |
|
Cuba |
|
| Humberto Mejía | RHP | 2023 |
|
Panama |
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| Liván Moinelo | LHP | 2017 |
|
Cuba |
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| Elehuris Montero | IF | 2025 |
|
Dominican Republic |
|
| Kyle Muller | LHP | 2025 |
|
United States of America |
|
| Tyler Nevin | IF | 2025 |
|
United States of America |
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| José Osuna | UTL | 2021 |
|
Venezuela |
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| Luis Perdomo | RHP | 2023 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Gregory Polanco | OF | 2022 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Emmanuel Ramírez | RHP | 2025 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Carson Ragsdale | RHP | 2026 |
|
United States of America |
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| Franmil Reyes | OF/DH | 2024 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Cristián Rodríguez | UTL | 2024 |
|
Cuba |
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| Miguel Sanó | IF | 2026 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Domingo Santana | OF | 2021 |
|
Dominican Republic |
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| Neftali Soto | IF | 2018 |
|
 Puerto Rico |
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| Yi-Lei Sun | RHP | 2025 |
|
Taiwan |
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| Bo Takahashi | RHP | 2021 |
|
 Brazil |
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| Dayán Viciedo | UTL | 2016 |
|
Cuba |
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| Luke Voit | IF | 2025 |
|
United States of America |
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| Jason Vosler | UTL | 2025 |
|
United States of America |
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| Trey Wingenter | RHP | 2025 |
|
United States of America |
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| Po-Hsiang Yang | IF | 2025 |
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Taiwan |