Japanese-Born Players Active in the Major Leagues

Friday, December 26,2025

This is a dynamic list of Japanese-born players currently on an MLB Roster. The list includes players on the MLB active roster or an MLB injured list.

#	player	team	place of birth	status
1	Yu Darvish	San Diego Padres	Osaka,JP	Active
2	Tatsuya Imai	Houston Astros	Kanuma,JP	Active
3	Shota Imanaga	Chicago Cubs	Kitakyushu,JP	Active
4	Yusei Kikuchi	Los Angeles Angels	Morioka,JP	Active
5	Jung Hoo Lee	San Francisco Giants	Nagoya,JP	Active
6	Yuki Matsui	San Diego Padres	Yokohama,JP	Active
7	Munetaka Murakami	Chicago White Sox	Kumamoto,JP	Active
8	Shohei Ohtani	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oshu,JP	Active
9	Kazuma Okamoto	Toronto Blue Jays	Gojo,JP	Active
10	Roki Sasaki	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rikuzentakata,JP	Active
11	Kodai Senga	New York Mets	Gamagori,JP	Active
12	Seiya Suzuki	Chicago Cubs	Arakawa,JP	Active
13	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Los Angeles Dodgers	Bizen,JP	Active
14	Masataka Yoshida	Boston Red Sox	Fukui,JP	Active

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