Military-related Deaths of Japanese Baseball Players
| Rank | Name | Baseball Experience | Pos | Service | Cause of Death | Location | Date |
| Seizaburo Amakawa | Japan Pro - Nankai | P | Unknown | Killed in Action | Leyte, Philippines | Oct 1944 | |
| Tsutomu Aoki | Japan Pro - Hankyu | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Kenichi Aoshiba | Japan Pro - Kyojin | P | Unknown | Illness | Korea | Nov 1, 1945 | |
| Masakimi Araki | Japan Pro - Hankyu | P | Unknown | Illness | Soviet-Manchuria border | Unknown | |
| Yukio Eguchi | Japan Pro - Hankyu | 2B | Unknown | Died from Wounds | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Chujiro Endo | Japan Pro - Senators | P/1B | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Isamu Fukushi | Japan Pro - Asahi | P | Unknown | Killed in Action | Luzon, Philippines | 1944 | |
| Goro Fushimi | Japan Pro - Eagles | C | Unknown | Killed in Action | Marianas | 1945 | |
| Tadashi Goto | Japan Pro - Nagoya | 1B | Unknown | Unknown | Manchuria | Unknown | |
| Ichiro Hara | Japan Pro - Lion | C | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Yasuo Hayashi | Japan Pro - Asahi | P | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | 1944 | |
| Eiji Hirabayashi | Japan Pro - Hanshin | 2B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Shuichi Hirose | Japan Pro - Kyojin | P | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Hisayuki Ikeda | Japan Pro - Hankyu | C | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | 1944 | |
| Yutaka Ishii | Japan Pro - Taiyo | 1B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Ensign | Shinichi Ishimaru | Japan Pro - Nagoya | P | Kamikaze | Killed in Action | nr. Okinawa | May 11, 1945 |
| Kentaro Ito | Japan Pro - Kyojin | OF/1B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Guam | Jul 26, 1944 | |
| Jinkichi Itoh | Japan Pro - Hankyu | 2B/3B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Guam | Unknown | |
| Masaru Kageura | Japan Pro - Hanshin | OF/P | Unknown | Killed in Action | Philippines | May 20, 1945 | |
| Daichi Kaino | Japan Pro - Nagoya | 2B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Nobuo Kato | Japan Pro - Tigers | 2B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Tokuhisa "Norihisa" Kawamura | Japan Pro - Hankyu | 3B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Noboru Kitahara | Japan Pro - Nankai | 2B | Unknown | Illness | Unknown | 1945 | |
| Kazuo Kito | Japan Pro - Nankai | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Marianas | 1944 | |
| Shoichi "Matsuichi" Kunihisa | Japan Pro - Nankai | 2B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Burma | 1945 | |
| Nobuo Kura | Japan Pro - Kyojin | C | Unknown | Killed in Action | Okinawa | 1945 | |
| Hajime Kuwashima | Japan Pro - Hankyu | 3B | Unknown | Unknown | India | 1944 | |
| Kiyoshi Maeda | Japan Pro - Nagoya | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | China | 1938 | |
| Masayoshi Maekawa | Japan Pro - Hanshin | IF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Satoshi Masuda | Japan Pro - Nankai | 2B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Riichi Matsumoto | Japan Pro - Hankyu | 1B | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Shigeji Matsushita | Japan Pro - Hanshin | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Hachiro Miwa | Japan Pro - Hanshin | P | Unknown | Killed in Action | China | Aug 17, 1944 | |
| Yoshikichi "Bikichi" Miyaguchi | Japan Pro - Nankai | P/1B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Kunigoro Mori | Japan Pro - Hanshin | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Minoru Morita | Japan Pro - Taiyo | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Shigeo Murakami | Japan Pro - Asahi | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Leyte, Philippines | Jul 3, 1945 | |
| Chotaro Muramatsu | Japan Pro - Taiyo | OF/P | Unknown | Plane Crash | Guam | Jun 20, 1944 | |
| Yukio Muramatsu | Japan Pro - Nagoya | P | Unknown | Killed in Action | Guam | Jul 25, 1944 | |
| Ichizo Murase | Japan Pro - Hanshin | SS | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Takeo Nagai | Japan Pro - Kyojin | P/Mgr | Japanese Army | Killed in Action | China | Apr 1938 | |
| Miyoshi Nakagawa | Japan Pro - Kurowashi | 1B/P | Unknown | Killed in Action | off Luzon, Philippines | Jul 12, 1944 | |
| Masao Nakamoto | Japan Pro - Kinki Nippon | P | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1945 | |
| Saburo Nakamura | Japan Pro - Nagoya | IF | Unknown | Killed in Action | China | Unknown | |
| Masami Nakamura | Japan Pro - Kyojin | 3B | Unknown | Killed in Action | China | Jan 29, 1945 | |
| Hisashi Nakao | Japan Pro - Senators | OF | Japanese Army | Killed in Action | China | 1937 | |
| Yonekichi Naya | Japan Pro - Nankai | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Bataan, Philippines | Apr 3, 1944 | |
| Yukio Nishimura | Japan Pro - Tigers | P | Unknown | Unknown | Philippines | Apr 3, 1945 | |
| Noboru Noguchi | Japan Pro - Hanshin | SS | Japanese Army | Killed in Action | Philippines | 1945 | |
| Toshiyasu Ogawa | Japan Pro - Tigers | C | Unknown | Unknown | China | Unknown | |
| Toshio Ohara | Japan Pro - Hankyu | C | Unknown | Illness | China | Unknown | |
| Kenichi Ohta | Japan Pro - Kurowashi | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Burma | Jul 20, 1944 | |
| Fukuyoshi Okada | Japan Pro - Yamato | 2B | Unknown | Killed in Action | New Guinea | Dec 21, 1944 | |
| Muneyoshi Okada | Japan Pro - Hanshin | SS | Unknown | Illness | Unknown | 1942 | |
| Hiroshi Onodera | Japan Pro - Kurowashi | P | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Yoshizou Oribe | Japan Pro - Taiyo | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Adelano Rivera | Japan Pro - Kyojin | OF | Philippine Army | Killed in Action | Philippines | Feb 10, 1945 | |
| Masao Santa | Japan Pro - Kyojin | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Eiji Sawamura | Japan Pro - Kyojin | P | Japanese Army | Killed in Action | Taiwan Straits | Dec 2, 1944 | |
| Yoshifumi Shimamoto | Japan Pro - Hankyu | C | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Uzaburo Shintomi | Japan Pro - Hankyu | 1B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Burma | Aug 1945 | |
| Kazuji Shiraki | Japan Pro - Nagoya | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Toyoo Sugiyama | Japan Pro - Yamato | 1B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Philippines | Jun 1945 | |
| Takeo Tabe | Japan Pro - Dai Nippon | 2B | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Jun 1945 | |
| Momosuke Takano | Japan Pro - Nankai | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Kazutaka Terauchi | Japan Pro - Yamato | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Rabaul, New Guinea | Unknown | |
| Genbei Tsuji | Japan Pro - Hanshin | OF | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | 1945 | |
| Tadashi Ueda | Japan Pro - Hanshin | OF | Japanese Army | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Shizuka Watanabe | Japan Pro - Asahi | OF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Susumu Yagi | Japan Pro - Kinki Nippon | C | Unknown | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Masaki Yoshihara | Japan Pro - Kyojin | C | Japanese Army | Illness | Burma | Oct 10, 1944 | |
| Saburo Kato | Meiji University | Unknown | Kamikaze | Killed in Action | Pacific | Apr 6, 1945 | |
| Kiyoshi Kondo | Waseda University | C | Kamikaze | Killed in Action | Okinawa | Apr 28, 1945 | |
| Eizo Matsui | Waseda University | P/OF | Japanese Army | Killed in Action | China | May 28, 1943 | |
| Haruo Nagara | Keio University | 2B | Unknown | Killed in Action | Okinawa | May 25, 1945 | |
| Toshiyuki Nagatani | Waseda University | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Takeo Nakata | Keio University | OF | Unknown | Died of Wounds | Bougainville | Jul 22, 1943 | |
| Kinsuke Ono | Waseda University | C | Unknown | Unknown | Taiwan | Mar 10, 1945 | |
| Hajime Sakurauchi | Waseda University | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Seiichi Shima | Meiji University | P | Japanese Army | Killed in Action | off coast of Indochina | Mar 29, 1945 | |
| Shigeharu Tsuboi | Waseda University | Unknown | Kamikaze | Killed in Action | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Kazuyuki Yoshie | Waseda University | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| W/O | Sadamu Uyeda | Japanese High School | Unknown | Japanese Navy | Missing in Action | Hawaii | Dec 7, 1941 |
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