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2006 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ROSTER

Manager

Sadaharu Oh (王貞治) - Japan's homerun king.

Pitchers

Kyuji Fujikawa (藤川球児) - Hanshin Tigers

Soichi Fujita (藤田宗一) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Hirotoshi Ishii (石井弘寿) - Tokyo Yakult Swallows ; went out at 9 March for his sore left shoulder.

Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林宏之) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Tomoyuki Kubota (久保田智之) - Hanshin Tigers

Takahiro Mahara (馬原孝浩) - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ; took Ishii's place.

Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂大輔) - Seibu Lions

Akinori Otsuka (大塚晶則) - Texas Rangers

Naoyuki Shimizu (清水直行) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Toshiya Sugiuchi (杉内俊哉) - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Koji Uehara (上原浩治) - Yomiuri Giants

Tsuyoshi Wada (和田毅) - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Shunsuke Watanabe (渡辺俊介) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Yasuhiko Yabuta (薮田安彦) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Catchers

Ryoji Aikawa (相川亮二) - Yokohama BayStars

Tomoya Satozaki (里崎智也) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Motonobu Tanishige (谷繁元信) - Chunichi Dragons

Infielders

Takahiro Arai (新井貴浩) - Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Toshiaki Imae (今江敏晃) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Akinori Iwamura (岩村明憲) - Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Munenori Kawasaki (川崎宗則) - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Nobuhiko Matsunaka (松中信彦) - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Shinya Miyamoto (宮本慎也) - Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Tsuyoshi Nishioka (西岡剛) - Chiba Lotte Marines

Michihiro Ogasawara (小笠原道大) - Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

Outfielders

Norichika Aoki (青木宣親) - Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Kosuke Fukudome (福留孝介) - Chunichi Dragons

Tatsuhiko Kinjoh (金城龍彦) - Yokohama BayStars

Ichiro Suzuki (イチロー) - Seattle Mariners

Hitoshi Tamura (多村仁) - Yokohama BayStars

Kazuhiro Wada (和田一浩) - Seibu Lions

OLYMPIC RECORD

1984 - Finished in 1st place (demonstration sport)

1988 - Finished in 2st place (demonstration sport)

1992 - Bronze medal winner

1996 - Silver medal winner

2000 - Finished in 4th place

2004 - Bronze medal winner

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC RECORD

2006 - Champions