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href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">180–96</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">2.77</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1,707</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1983_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1983</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2001</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As coach</b> </p> <ul><li>Yomiuri Giants (<a href="/wiki/2002_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2002</a>–<a href="/wiki/2003_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2003 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2006</a>–<a href="/wiki/2018_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2018</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-member-header"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame">Member of the 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2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Induction</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;">2016</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Masaki Saito</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">斎藤雅樹</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Saitō Masaki</i></span>, born February 18, 1965 in <a href="/wiki/Kawaguchi,_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi, Saitama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>)</span> is a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_people" title="Japanese people">Japanese</a> former <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>. He played for the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> from 1984 to 2001. He won the <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a> three times, 1989, 1995, and 1996, and he won the <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award</a> in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masaki_Saito_(baseball)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saito is often referred to as the "<b>Great Ace of the Heisei</b>" because he is considered one of the best pitchers during the <a href="/wiki/Heisei_era" title="Heisei era">Heisei era</a> (1989-2019). He was also known as one of the "Three Pillars of the Giants," along with <a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Makihara" title="Hiromi Makihara">Hiromi Makihara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Masumi Kuwata</a> from the late 1980s to the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-BO2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BO2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the famous "<a href="/wiki/1994_Central_League_tie-breaker_game" title="1994 Central League tie-breaker game">10.8 deciding match in Nagoya</a>" of 1994, Manager <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> had all three of them pitch. </p><p>He holds the NPB record for 11 consecutive complete game wins.<sup id="cite_ref-BO2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BO2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masaki_Saito_(baseball)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BO2021-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BO2021_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BO2021_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://column.sp.baseball.findfriends.jp/?pid=column_detail&id=097-20210329-10">"斎藤雅樹、槙原寛己、桑田真澄「巨人の最強3本柱」であなたが選ぶエースは誰？"</a>. <i>Baseball Online</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Sugishita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Kawakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Bessho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Yonamine" title="Wally Yonamine">Yonamine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Fujita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Fujita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Noboru_Akiyama" title="Noboru Akiyama">Akiyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Murayama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Horiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Wakamatsu" title="Tsutomu Wakamatsu">Wakamatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Enatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Suguru_Egawa" title="Suguru Egawa">Egawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Takayoshi_Nakao" title="Takayoshi Nakao">Nakao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Hara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa" title="Sachio Kinugasa">Kinugasa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Manabu_Kitabeppu" title="Manabu Kitabeppu">Kitabeppu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Yamakura" title="Kazuhiro Yamakura">Yamakura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Genji_Kaku" title="Genji Kaku">G. Kaku</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Cromartie" title="Warren Cromartie">Cromartie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Sasaoka" title="Shinji Sasaoka">Sasaoka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Howell_(baseball)" title="Jack Howell (baseball)">Howell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Furuta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Kuwata</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Malley" title="Tom O'Malley">O'Malley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">H. Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Furuta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Sasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Shigeki_Noguchi" title="Shigeki Noguchi">Noguchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">H. Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Petagine" title="Roberto Petagine">Petagine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">H. Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kei_Igawa" title="Kei Igawa">Igawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Kenshin_Kawakami" title="Kenshin Kawakami">Kawakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Tomoaki_Kanemoto" title="Tomoaki Kanemoto">Kanemoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Fukudome" title="Kosuke Fukudome">Fukudome</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Michihiro_Ogasawara" title="Michihiro Ogasawara">Ogasawara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alex Ramírez">Ramírez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alex Ramírez">Ramírez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Wada" title="Kazuhiro Wada">Wada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Takuya_Asao" title="Takuya Asao">Asao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Abe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Balentien</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Tetsuto_Yamada" title="Tetsuto Yamada">Yamada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Takahiro_Arai" title="Takahiro Arai">Arai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Maru" title="Yoshihiro Maru">Maru</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Maru" title="Yoshihiro Maru">Maru</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Hayato_Sakamoto" title="Hayato Sakamoto">Sakamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami" title="Munetaka Murakami">M. Murakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami" title="Munetaka Murakami">M. Murakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Shoki_Murakami" title="Shoki Murakami">S. Murakami</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Eiji_Sawamura_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Template:Eiji Sawamura Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Template talk:Eiji Sawamura Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Eiji Sawamura Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Eiji_Sawamura_Award" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Bessho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Nakao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiroshi Nakao (page does not exist)">Nakao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Fujimoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Juzo_Sanada" title="Juzo Sanada">Sanada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Sugishita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Sugishita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Takumi_Otomo" title="Takumi Otomo">Otomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Sugishita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Bessho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Kaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Kaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Kaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Murayama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Ritsuo_Horimoto" title="Ritsuo Horimoto">Horimoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Gondoh" title="Hiroshi Gondoh">Gondoh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Koyama" title="Masaaki Koyama">Koyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yoshiaki_Ito&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yoshiaki Ito (page does not exist)">Ito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Bacque" title="Gene Bacque">Bacque</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Murayama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Murayama</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Horiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Kentaro_Ogawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentaro Ogawa">Ogawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Enatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Takahashi_(baseball)" title="Kazumi Takahashi (baseball)">Kazu. Takahashi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Masaji_Hiramatsu" title="Masaji Hiramatsu">Hiramatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <i>Not Awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Horiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Takahashi_(baseball)" title="Kazumi Takahashi (baseball)">Kazu. Takahashi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Senichi_Hoshino" title="Senichi Hoshino">Hoshino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Yoshiro_Sotokoba" title="Yoshiro Sotokoba">Sotokoba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Kojiro_Ikegaya" title="Kojiro Ikegaya">Ikegaya</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Kobayashi" title="Shigeru Kobayashi">Kobayashi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Hiromu_Matsuoka" title="Hiromu Matsuoka">Matsuoka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Kobayashi" title="Shigeru Kobayashi">Kobayashi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <i>Not Awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Nishimoto" title="Takashi Nishimoto">Nishimoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Manabu_Kitabeppu" title="Manabu Kitabeppu">Kitabeppu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kazuhiko_Endo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kazuhiko Endo (page does not exist)">Endo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <i>Not Awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatsuo_Komatsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tatsuo Komatsu (page does not exist)">Komatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Manabu_Kitabeppu" title="Manabu Kitabeppu">Kitabeppu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Kuwata</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Ohno" title="Yutaka Ohno">Yut. Ohno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Nomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Sasaoka" title="Shinji Sasaoka">Sasaoka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Takehiro_Ishii" title="Takehiro Ishii">Take. Ishii</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Imanaka" title="Shinji Imanaka">Imanaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Yamamoto_(baseball)" title="Masahiro Yamamoto (baseball)">M. Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Fumiya_Nishiguchi" title="Fumiya Nishiguchi">Nishiguchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Kawasaki" title="Kenjiro Kawasaki">Kawasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Uehara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <i>Not Awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Uehara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kei_Igawa" title="Kei Igawa">Igawa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Saito" title="Kazumi Saito">K. Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Kenshin_Kawakami" title="Kenshin Kawakami">Kawakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Toshiya_Sugiuchi" title="Toshiya Sugiuchi">Sugiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Saito" title="Kazumi Saito">K. Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Darvish</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma" title="Hisashi Iwakuma">Iwakuma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Hideaki_Wakui" title="Hideaki Wakui">Wakui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Kenta_Maeda" title="Kenta Maeda">Maeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Tanaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Settsu" title="Tadashi Settsu">Settsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Tanaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Chihiro_Kaneko" title="Chihiro Kaneko">Kaneko</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Kenta_Maeda" title="Kenta Maeda">Maeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Kris_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Kris Johnson (baseball)">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <i>Not Awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABdai_%C5%8Cno" title="Yūdai Ōno">Yud. Ohno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Yamamoto" title="Yoshinobu Yamamoto">Y. Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Yamamoto" title="Yoshinobu Yamamoto">Y. Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Yamamoto" title="Yoshinobu Yamamoto">Y. 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color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1950s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsutar%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Driki" title="Matsutarō Shōriki">Matsutarō Shōriki</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Hiraoka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiroshi Hiraoka (page does not exist)">Hiroshi Hiraoka</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yukio_Aoi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yukio Aoi (page does not exist)">Yukio Aoi</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shin_Hashido&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shin Hashido (page does not exist)">Shin Hashido</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiyoshi_Oshikawa" title="Kiyoshi Oshikawa">Kiyoshi Oshikawa</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jiro_Kuji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiro Kuji (page does not exist)">Jiro Kuji</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">Eiji Sawamura</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iso_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Iso Abe">Iso Abe</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1960s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Starffin" title="Victor Starffin">Victor Starffin</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yutaka_Ikeda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yutaka Ikeda (page does not exist)">Yutaka Ikeda</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haruyasu_Nakajima" title="Haruyasu Nakajima">Haruyasu Nakajima</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Wakabayashi" title="Tadashi Wakabayashi">Tadashi Wakabayashi</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaru_Kageura" title="Masaru Kageura">Masaru Kageura</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsunetaro_Moriyama" title="Tsunetaro Moriyama">Tsunetaro Moriyama</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuto_Tsuruoka" title="Kazuto Tsuruoka">Kazuto Tsuruoka</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1970s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shunichi_Amachi" title="Shunichi Amachi">Shunichi Amachi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobuaki_Nidegawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nobuaki Nidegawa (page does not exist)">Nobuaki Nidegawa</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuichi_Ishimoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shuichi Ishimoto (page does not exist)">Shuichi Ishimoto</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadayoshi_Fujimoto" title="Sadayoshi Fujimoto">Sadayoshi Fujimoto</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fumio_Fujimura" title="Fumio Fujimura">Fumio Fujimura</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Mizuhara" title="Shigeru Mizuhara">Shigeru Mizuhara</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michio_Nishizawa" title="Michio Nishizawa">Michio Nishizawa</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Matsuki" title="Kenjiro Matsuki">Kenjiro Matsuki</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Hamazaki" title="Shinji Hamazaki">Shinji Hamazaki</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Takehiko Bessho</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1980s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Ohshita" title="Hiroshi Ohshita">Hiroshi Ohshita</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kozuru" title="Makoto Kozuru">Makoto Kozuru</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba_(baseball)" title="Shigeru Chiba (baseball)">Shigeru Chiba</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokuji_Iida" title="Tokuji Iida">Tokuji Iida</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Iwamoto" title="Yoshiyuki Iwamoto">Yoshiyuki Iwamoto</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Mihara" title="Osamu Mihara">Osamu Mihara</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shinji_Kirihara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shinji Kirihara (page does not exist)">Shinji Kirihara</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Shigeru Sugishita</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katsumi_Shiraishi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katsumi Shiraishi (page does not exist)">Katsumi Shiraishi</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Aramaki" title="Atsushi Aramaki">Atsushi Aramaki</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Akuta" title="Takeo Akuta">Takeo Akuta</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Bettou" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaoru Bettou">Kaoru Bettou</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Nagata" title="Masaichi Nagata">Masaichi Nagata</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saburo_Yokozawa" title="Saburo Yokozawa">Saburo Yokozawa</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Nishimoto" title="Yukio Nishimoto">Yukio Nishimoto</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidenosuke_Shima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hidenosuke Shima (page does not exist)">Hidenosuke Shima</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiro_Noguchi" title="Jiro Noguchi">Jiro Noguchi</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1990s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juzo_Sanada" title="Juzo Sanada">Juzo Sanada</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Makino" title="Shigeru Makino">Shigeru Makino</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Osamu_Tsutsui&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osamu Tsutsui (page does not exist)">Osamu Tsutsui</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kichiro_Shimaoka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kichiro Shimaoka (page does not exist)">Kichiro Shimaoka</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatsuro_Hirooka" title="Tatsuro Hirooka">Tatsuro Hirooka</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michinori_Tsubouchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michinori Tsubouchi (page does not exist)">Michinori Tsubouchi</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masao_Yoshida_(baseball)" title="Masao Yoshida (baseball)">Masao Yoshida</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshio_Yoshida_(baseball)" title="Yoshio Yoshida (baseball)">Yoshio Yoshida</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Yonamine" title="Wally Yonamine">Wally Yonamine</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shosei_Go" title="Shosei Go">Shosei Go</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sugiura" title="Tadashi Sugiura">Tadashi Sugiura</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokichiro_Ishii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokichiro Ishii (page does not exist)">Tokichiro Ishii</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Motoshi Fujita</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa" title="Sachio Kinugasa">Sachio Kinugasa</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsuo_Osugi" title="Katsuo Osugi">Katsuo Osugi</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futoshi_Nakanishi" title="Futoshi Nakanishi">Futoshi Nakanishi</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshinori_Hirose" title="Yoshinori Hirose">Yoshinori Hirose</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Koba" title="Takeshi Koba">Takeshi Koba</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadao_Kondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadao Kondo">Sadao Kondo</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">2000s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yoneda" title="Tetsuya Yoneda">Tetsuya Yoneda</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikuo_Nemoto" title="Rikuo Nemoto">Rikuo Nemoto</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Koyama" title="Masaaki Koyama">Masaaki Koyama</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Yamauchi" title="Kazuhiro Yamauchi">Kazuhiro Yamauchi</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keishi_Suzuki" title="Keishi Suzuki">Keishi Suzuki</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Tamiya" title="Kenjiro Tamiya">Kenjiro Tamiya</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaoka_Shiki" title="Masaoka Shiki">Masaoka Shiki</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiharu_Ueda" title="Toshiharu Ueda">Toshiharu Ueda</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junzo_Sekine" title="Junzo Sekine">Junzo Sekine</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Wilson_(professor)" title="Horace Wilson (professor)">Horace Wilson</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sakae_Suzuka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sakae Suzuka (page does not exist)">Sakae Suzuka</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Ogi" class="mw-redirect" title="Akira Ogi">Akira Ogi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noboru_Akiyama" title="Noboru Akiyama">Noboru Akiyama</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choji_Murata" title="Choji Murata">Choji Murata</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Mori_(baseball)" title="Masaaki Mori (baseball)">Masaaki Mori</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masayori_Shimura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masayori Shimura (page does not exist)">Masayori Shimura</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Kadota" title="Hiromitsu Kadota">Hiromitsu Kadota</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morimichi_Takagi" title="Morimichi Takagi">Morimichi Takagi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Yamada" title="Hisashi Yamada">Hisashi Yamada</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasumitsu_Toyoda" title="Yasumitsu Toyoda">Yasumitsu Toyoda</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromori_Kawashima" title="Hiromori Kawashima">Hiromori Kawashima</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takao_Kajimoto" title="Takao Kajimoto">Takao Kajimoto</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reiichi_Matsunaga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reiichi Matsunaga (page does not exist)">Reiichi Matsunaga</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Koji Yamamoto</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Tsuneo Horiuchi</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Wakamatsu" title="Tsutomu Wakamatsu">Tsutomu Wakamatsu</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seiichi_Shima" title="Seiichi Shima">Seiichi Shima</a> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">2010s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Higashio" title="Osamu Higashio">Osamu Higashio</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Hiromitsu Ochiai</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutsuo_Minagawa" title="Mutsuo Minagawa">Mutsuo Minagawa</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manabu_Kitabeppu" title="Manabu Kitabeppu">Manabu Kitabeppu</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsunemi_Tsuda" title="Tsunemi Tsuda">Tsunemi Tsuda</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Ohno" title="Yutaka Ohno">Yutaka Ohno</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Koji Akiyama</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Kazuhiro Sasaki</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Atsuya Furuta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kihachi_Enomoto" title="Kihachi Enomoto">Kihachi Enomoto</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kudoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimiyasu Kudoh">Kimiyasu Kudoh</a> (2016)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Masaki Saito</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Ito" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsutomu Ito">Tsutomu Ito</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaji_Hiramatsu" title="Masaji Hiramatsu">Masaji Hiramatsu</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senichi_Hoshino" title="Senichi Hoshino">Senichi Hoshino</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomoaki_Kanemoto" title="Tomoaki Kanemoto">Tomoaki Kanemoto</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Tatsunami" title="Kazuyoshi Tatsunami">Kazuyoshi Tatsunami</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Gondoh" title="Hiroshi Gondoh">Hiroshi Gondoh</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; 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