Japan announced on Friday its 28-man roster for the upcoming Premier 12. One month before the tournament start Team Samurai nominated 13 pitchers, three catchers, seven infielders and five outfielders for the inaugural edition of the WBSC World Championship for the best 12 teams in the Men’s Baseball World Ranking.
Roster:
Pitchers: Yuki Matsui, Tomoyuki Sugano, Takahiro Norimoto, Hirokazu Sawamura, Shohei Otani, Shintaro Fujinami, Kenta Maeda, Hirotochi Masui, Yuki Nishi, Yudai Ohno, Yasuaki Yamasaki, Shota Takeda, Kazuhisa Makita
Catchers: Ginjiro Sumitani, Motohiro Shima, Yuhei Nakamura
Infielders: Nobuhiro Matsuda, Shingo Kawabata, Takuya Nakashima, Sho Nakata, Tetsuto Yamada, Takeya Nakamura
Outfielders: Seiichi Uchikawa, Ryosuke Hirata, Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh, Yuki Yanagita, Shogo Akiyama