2005 Chunichi Dragons Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 79-66
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Hiromitsu Ochiai (79-66)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome
2005 Chunichi Dragons StatisticsTeam Record: 79-66
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Hiromitsu Ochiai (79-66)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 2005 season with a record of 79 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Dragons scored 680 runs and conceded 628 runs. Ty Woods walloped 38 home runs for Chunichi, while Alex Ochoa and Kosuke Fukudome added 15 or more, too. Kosuke Fukudome and Ty Woods each recorded 103 runs batted in. Kosuke Fukudome paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .328. Kenshin Kawakami topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.75 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 2005 Chunichi Dragons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Wei-Yin Chen, Alex Ochoa, Kenshin Kawakami, Domingo Guzmán, Luis Martínez and Kosuke Fukudome.
Hiromitsu Ochiai served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Wei-Yin Chen | R | L | July 21, 1985 | 6'0" | 200 | Kaohsiung City, TW |
| Takehiro Donoue | L | R | May 27, 1985 | 5'9" | 185 | Kasugai, Aichi 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 |
| 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 |
| Yuya Ishii | L | L | July 4, 1981 | 5'10" | 172 | Yokohama, Kanagawa 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 |
| Keiji Kamata | March 26, 1979 | 5'4" | 136 | Okazaki, 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 |
| Yudai Kawai | L | L | June 17, 1980 | 5'8" | 158 | Kita Saku-gun, Nagano JP |
| Kenshin Kawakami | R | R | June 22, 1975 | 5'11" | 200 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Masato Kobayashi | L | L | August 21, 1980 | 5'9" | 190 | Agatsuma-gun, Gunma JP |
| Hiroki Kongo | R | R | February 12, 1979 | 5'11" | 183 | Iruma, Saitama JP |
| Yoshio Koyama | R | R | July 14, 1980 | 5'11" | 180 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Hidenori Kuramoto | R | R | May 9, 1976 | 6'0" | 163 | , Gifu JP |
| Akihiro Maeda | R | R | June 19, 1983 | 6'1" | 198 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Kenji Makuta | R | R | May 5, 1978 | 6'1" | 187 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Luis Martínez | L | L | January 20, 1980 | 6'6" | 200 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| 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 |
| Koji Nakamura | R | R | May 6, 1981 | 6'1" | 183 | Akashi, Hyogo JP |
| Kenichi Nakata | R | R | May 11, 1982 | 5'9" | 175 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Atsushi Nakazato | L | R | September 12, 1982 | 6'1" | 185 | Asaka, Saitama 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 |
| 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 |
| Susumu Otomo | L | L | June 18, 1974 | 5'11" | 167 | Taga-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Mitsuru Sato | R | R | April 29, 1978 | 6'3" | 183 | Sakado, Saitama JP |
| Michihisa Sawai | S | R | June 25, 1979 | 5'9" | 163 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Yoshihiro Suzuki | R | R | January 5, 1983 | 6'2" | 194 | Nakatado-gun, Kagawa 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 |
| 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 |
| Hiroyuki Watanabe | R | R | June 29, 1970 | 5'11" | 170 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Ty Woods | R | R | August 19, 1969 | 6'1" | 190 | Dade City, FL US |
| Daisuke Yamai | R | R | May 10, 1978 | 5'10" | 181 | Toyonaka, Osaka 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 |
