2004 Chunichi Dragons Roster
Team Record: 79-56
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Hiromitsu Ochiai (79-56)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 2004 season with a record of 79 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Dragons paced the circuit with just 558 runs allowed. Chunichi scored 623 runs. Kosuke Fukudome led the squad with 23 home runs, while Alex Ochoa and Motonobu Tanishige walloped 15 or more, too. Alex Ochoa drove in 89 runs. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .308. Kenshin Kawakami paced the team with 17 wins, and Masahiro Yamamoto earned a 3.15 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 2004 Chunichi Dragons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Kosuke Fukudome, Domingo Guzmán, Kenshin Kawakami, Alex Ochoa and Marc Valdes.
Hiromitsu Ochiai served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Masahiro Araki | R | R | September 13, 1977 | 5'11" | 163 | Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto JP |
Kenta Asakura | R | R | June 11, 1981 | 6'1" | 201 | Fukui, Fukui JP |
Masataka Endo | R | R | September 20, 1972 | 6'1" | 187 | Shirakawa, Fukushima JP |
Kosuke Fukudome | L | R | April 26, 1977 | 6'0" | 200 | So-gun, Kagoshima JP |
Domingo Guzmán | R | R | April 5, 1975 | 6'0" | 210 | San Cristobal, San Cristobal DO |
Masafumi Hirai | R | R | April 21, 1975 | 6'1" | 214 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu | L | L | March 23, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
Yuichi Hisamoto | L | L | March 14, 1979 | 5'9" | 160 | Daito, Osaka JP |
Hirokazu Ibata | R | R | May 12, 1975 | 5'8" | 165 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
Kazuki Inoue | L | L | July 25, 1971 | 6'0" | 205 | Aira-gun, Kagoshima JP |
Satoru Ishikawa | R | R | June 1, 1981 | 6'1" | 216 | Hakodate, Hokkaido JP |
Hitoki Iwase | L | L | November 10, 1974 | 5'11" | 179 | Nishio, Aichi JP |
Tsuyoshi Kawagishi | R | R | September 12, 1979 | 5'9" | 163 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
Masahiro Kawai | R | R | September 27, 1964 | 5'9" | 162 | , Okayama JP |
Kenshin Kawakami | R | R | June 22, 1975 | 5'11" | 200 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
Kenjiro Kawasaki | R | R | January 8, 1971 | 5'11" | 171 | Saeki, Oita JP |
Makoto Kito | R | R | May 12, 1965 | 5'10" | 180 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
Shinichiro Koyama | R | R | June 13, 1978 | 5'11" | 198 | Watari-gun, Mie JP |
Hidenori Kuramoto | R | R | May 9, 1976 | 6'0" | 163 | , Gifu JP |
Omar Linares | October 23, 1967 | |||||
Akihiro Maeda | R | R | June 19, 1983 | 6'1" | 198 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
Shingo Maeda | R | R | March 27, 1980 | 5'10" | 171 | Yao, Osaka JP |
Kenji Makuta | R | R | May 5, 1978 | 6'1" | 187 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
Akira Miyakoshi | R | R | April 7, 1978 | 6'0" | 178 | Nara, Nara JP |
Shogo Mori | S | R | May 22, 1979 | 5'10" | 198 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
Masahiko Morino | L | R | July 28, 1978 | 5'11" | 187 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
Ryosuke Morioka | L | R | July 15, 1984 | 5'8" | 159 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
Shoji Nagamine | L | L | August 8, 1984 | 6'2" | 194 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
Koji Nakamura | R | R | May 6, 1981 | 6'1" | 183 | Akashi, Hyogo JP |
Eiichi Nakano | R | R | October 16, 1974 | 6'1" | 184 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
Tadaatsu Nakazawa | R | R | September 1, 1982 | 5'11" | 172 | Fukui, Fukui JP |
Shigeki Noguchi | L | L | May 13, 1974 | 6'0" | 178 | Toyo, Ehime JP |
Eiji Ochiai | R | R | July 25, 1969 | 5'11" | 167 | Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi JP |
Alex Ochoa | R | R | March 29, 1972 | 6'0" | 175 | Miami Lakes, FL US |
Takashi Ogasawara | L | L | November 29, 1976 | 5'8" | 168 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
Masatoshi Ogawa | R | R | January 18, 1979 | 6'2" | 187 | Saitama, Saitama JP |
Shinya Okamoto | R | R | October 21, 1974 | 6'0" | 209 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
Takayuki Onishi | R | R | July 2, 1971 | 5'9" | 160 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
Mitsuru Sato | R | R | April 29, 1978 | 6'3" | 183 | Sakado, Saitama JP |
Koichi Sekikawa | L | R | April 1, 1969 | 5'10" | 162 | Chofu, Tokyo JP |
Kiyohito Shimizu | R | R | June 24, 1979 | 5'11" | 195 | Ota, Shimane JP |
Akifumi Takahashi | L | L | May 29, 1983 | 5'9" | 176 | Oi-gun, Fukui JP |
Mitsunobu Takahashi | R | R | July 7, 1975 | 5'10" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
Motonobu Tanishige | R | R | December 21, 1970 | 5'10" | 180 | Hiba-gun, Hiroshima JP |
Hidenori Tanoue | R | R | March 20, 1980 | 5'10" | 187 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami | L | R | August 19, 1969 | 5'8" | 154 | Settsu, Osaka JP |
Teppei Tsuchiya | L | R | December 27, 1982 | 5'10" | 172 | Oita, Oita JP |
So Tsutsui | R | R | November 1, 1974 | 5'11" | 180 | Ibaraki, Osaka JP |
Marc Valdes | R | R | December 20, 1971 | 6'0" | 170 | Dayton, OH US |
Martin Vargas | R | R | February 22, 1977 | 6'0" | 155 | San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris DO |
Hiroyuki Watanabe | R | R | June 29, 1970 | 5'11" | 170 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
Daisuke Yamai | R | R | May 10, 1978 | 5'10" | 181 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
Shigetoshi Yamakita | L | L | January 6, 1978 | 6'3" | 179 | Tajimi, Gifu JP |
Masahiro Yamamoto | L | L | August 11, 1965 | 6'1" | 192 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
Yuichi Yanagisawa | R | R | August 2, 1971 | 5'11" | 162 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
Kazuhito Yoshimura | L | R | January 1, 1972 | 5'11" | 171 | Osaka, Osaka JP |