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Kazuo Matsui played in the majors between 2004-2009

# Players born in city: 98

Major Leaguers: [8] - Kuroda, Kuwata, Matsui, Nakamura, Nomo, Uehara, Yabuta, Yoshii

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Major Leaguers

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Hiroki Kuroda	Feb 10,1975	P	MLB	2008-2009	2009	Uenomiya (Osaka,JP)
Masumi Kuwata	Apr 1,1968	P	MLB	2007-2007	2007
Kazuo Matsui	Oct 23,1975	SS	MLB	2004-2009	2009	PL Gakuen (Osaka,Japan)
Norihiro Nakamura	Jul 24,1973	3B	MLB	2005-2005	2008
Hideo Nomo	Aug 31,1968	P	MLB	1995-2008	2008	Seiyo Kogyo (JP)
Koji Uehara	Apr 3,1975	P	MLB	2009-2009	2009	Tokai University Gyosei (Osaka,Japan)
Yasuhiko Yabuta	Jun 19,1973	P	MLB	2008-2009	2009	Uenomiya (Osaka,JP)
Masato Yoshii	Apr 20,1965	P	MLB	1998-2002	2007	Minoshima (JP)

Minor Leaguers

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Jung Ji Cho	Jul 11,1983	P	A+		2007
Kei Hashimoto	Sep 5,1979	P	A-		2001
Kenichi Sasaki	Jun 7,1973	P	A+		1994
Ryohei Shimabukuro	Sep 1,1989	1B	Rookie		2009
Kenta Suda	Jul 22,1989	P	A-		2009	Heian (Kyoto,JP)
Toshio Tajima	Oct 1,1967	P	A+		1999

College and other players

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Hisashi Aikyoh	Dec 4,1976	P	Intl		2006
Hideki Asai	Jan 1,1984	P	Intl		2008
Yu Darvish	Aug 16,1986	P	Intl		2008	Tohoku (Japan)
Akihito Fujii	Jun 18,1976	C	Intl		2008
Jiro Fujitate	Jun 22,1971	OF	Intl		2004
Tsuyoshi Fukui	Apr 10,1980	P	-		-
Masakazu Fukukawa	Dec 29,1976	C	Intl		2008
Chihiro Hamana	Nov 11,1969	IF	Intl		2004
Yuji Hata	Jun 3,1983	P	Intl		2008
Manabu Hiramoto	Jan 8,1979	P	Intl		2004
Nobutoshi Ido	Dec 28,1976	OF	Intl		2004
Toshiaki Inubushi	Apr 24,1972	C	Intl		2004
Tsutomu Iwamoto	May 11,1971	P	Intl		2005
Yusuke Kajimoto	Dec 18,1983	IF	Intl		2008
Takayuki Kanamori	Jul 24,1985	P	Intl		2008
Takashi Kawai	Sep 16,1976	P	Intl		2007
Shohgo Kimura	Apr 16,1980	IF	Intl		2008
Tatsuhiko Kinjyoh	Jul 27,1976	OF	Intl		2007
Mamoru Kishida	May 10,1981	P	Intl		2008
Toshiyuki Kitagawa	Jan 8,1979	IF	Intl		2006
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	Aug 18,1967	P	Intl		2008
Tatsuya Kojima	Oct 7,1985	P	Intl		2007
Gohta Kuniki	Jan 31,1984	P	Intl		2004
Shingo Maeda	Mar 27,1980	IF	Intl		2004
Katsuhiko Maekawa	Sep 25,1978	P	Intl		2009
Naoki Matoba	May 9,1977	C	Intl		2008
Takahiro Matsukawa	Apr 28,1985	P	-		-
Kenta Matsusaka	Aug 16,1985	OF	Intl		2008
Hideyuki Matsutani	Oct 16,1982	P	Intl		2004
Hajime Miki	Apr 25,1977	2B	Intl		2008
Masashi Miki	Sep 13,1979	IF	Intl		2004
Terufumi Mishima	Oct 5,1985	P	-		-
Katsuhiko Miyaji	Aug 28,1971	OF	Intl		2006
Shinya Miyamoto	Nov 5,1970	IF	Intl		2008
Akio Mizuta	Jul 11,1973	P	Intl		2008
Keisuke Mizuta	Nov 4,1980	IF	Intl		2008
Satoru Morimoto	Jan 6,1978	IF	Intl		2008
Daisuke Motoki	Dec 30,1971	IF	Intl		2004
Takeya Nakamura	Aug 15,1983	IF	Intl		2008
Yutaka Nakamura	Apr 23,1973	OF	Intl		2006
Tsubasa Nakatani	Sep 30,1984	IF	Intl		2007
Katsuhiro Nishiura	Nov 12,1974	OF	Intl		2004
Shuji Nishiyama	Jul 7,1967	C	Intl		2004
Hiroyuki Nomura	Jul 24,1981	P	Intl		2004
Keiji Ohbiki	Jun 29,1984	IF	Intl		2008
Heishu Ohhara	Apr 16,1984	IF	Intl		2007
Takayuki Ohnishi	Jul 2,1971	OF	Intl		2006
Koji Ohnuma	Jul 3,1979	P	Intl		2008
Katsunori Okamoto	Jun 9,1973	P	Intl		2005
Keiichi Ri	Apr 26,1982	C	Intl		2004
Takahiro Saeki	Apr 18,1970	IF	Intl		2008
Masashi Sajikihara	Aug 21,1982	P	Intl		2007
Hideki Samejima	Jul 22,1973	C	Intl		2004
Hiroki Sanada	Feb 7,1984	P	Intl		2008
Tomoya Sayashi	May 6,1980	OF	Intl		2007
Akio Shimizu	Sep 9,1975	P	Intl		2008
Ken Shinzato	Apr 12,1981	C	Intl		2008
Daisuke Shioya	Sep 6,1976	P	Intl		2003
Yuta Shirahama	Oct 31,1985	C	Intl		2004
Takatomi Sogawa	May 29,1977	IF	Intl		2006	Kagawa Nishi (Japan)
Yuki Suzue	Sep 29,1979	C	Intl		2004
Koji Tahara	Feb 26,1975	C	Intl		2006
Ryo Takeuchi	Jan 11,1986	P	Ind		2003
Masahiko Tanaka	Jan 9,1982	C	Intl		2008
Hitoshi Taneda	Jul 18,1971	IF	Intl		2007
Yoshitomo Tani	Feb 9,1973	OF	Intl		2008
Etsuji Taniguchi	Jun 8,1979	P	-		-
Shinji Taninaka	May 15,1973	P	Intl		2008
Hidenori Tanoue	Mar 20,1980	C	Intl		2008
Yoshinori Tateyama	Dec 26,1975	P	Intl		2008
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	Aug 19,1969	3B	Intl		2008
Ryutaro Tsuji	Jun 8,1976	OF	Intl		2007
Soh Tsutsui	Nov 1,1974	IF	Intl		2004
Shinji Udaka	Aug 24,1976	P	Intl		2004
Ryuji Wakatake	Oct 10,1987	P	Intl		2007
Masato Watanabe	Apr 3,1979	IF	Intl		2008
Shinsuke Yamada	Jun 15,1979	OF	Intl		2007
Kosuke Yamaguchi	Aug 6,1977	P	Intl		2003
Daisuke Yamai	May 10,1978	P	Intl		2008
Takuji Yamamoto	Nov 29,1979	P	Intl		2003
Koji Yamasaki	Oct 31,1980	IF	Intl		2008
Katsumi Yamashita	May 19,1977	IF	Intl		2008
Akihiro Yano	Dec 6,1968	C	Intl		2008
Kazuhito Yoshimura	Jan 1,1972	IF	Intl		2004