2008 Chunichi Dragons Roster
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Hiromitsu Ochiai (71-68)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome
Playoffs - Chunichi Dragons 2 games, Hanshin Tigers 1
Playoffs - Yomiuri Giants 3 games, Chunichi Dragons 1
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 2008 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Dragons scored 535 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 556 runs. Ty Woods walloped 35 home runs for Chunichi, while Kazuhiro Wada, Byung Kyu Lee, Masahiko Morino and Norihiro Nakamura each added 15 or more also. Ty Woods recorded 77 runs batted in. Kazuhiro Wada led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .302. Masahiro Yamamoto topped the squad with 11 wins, and Kenshin Kawakami registered a 2.31 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 2008 Chunichi Dragons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norihiro Nakamura, Wei-Yin Chen, Tomás de la Rosa and Kenshin Kawakami.
Hiromitsu Ochiai served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuyuki Akasaka | R | R | September 4, 1989 | 6'0" | 183 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Ryota Arai | R | R | August 16, 1983 | 6'2" | 196 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| 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 |
| Takuya Asao | R | R | October 22, 1984 | 6'0" | 165 | Chita, Aichi JP |
| Wei-Yin Chen | R | L | July 21, 1985 | 6'0" | 200 | Kaohsiung City, TW |
| Tomás de la Rosa | R | R | January 28, 1978 | 5'10" | 165 | La Victoria, Santo Domingo DO |
| Naomichi Donoue | R | R | September 23, 1988 | 6'0" | 176 | Kasugai, Aichi JP |
| Takehiro Donoue | L | R | May 27, 1985 | 5'9" | 185 | Kasugai, Aichi JP |
| Atsushi Fujii | R | R | May 20, 1981 | 5'10" | 180 | Toyohashi, Aichi JP |
| Masafumi Hirai | R | R | April 21, 1975 | 6'1" | 214 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Ryosuke Hirata | R | R | March 23, 1988 | 5'9" | 185 | Osaka, 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 |
| Tatsuro Iwasaki | R | R | December 28, 1984 | 5'9" | 165 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Hitoki Iwase | L | L | November 10, 1974 | 5'11" | 179 | Nishio, Aichi 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 |
| Masaaki Koike | R | R | May 15, 1980 | 6'0" | 194 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Hiroki Kongo | R | R | February 12, 1979 | 5'11" | 183 | Iruma, Saitama JP |
| Hidenori Kuramoto | R | R | May 9, 1976 | 6'0" | 163 | , Gifu JP |
| Byung Kyu Lee | L | L | October 25, 1974 | 6'1" | 181 | |
| Akihiro Maeda | R | R | June 19, 1983 | 6'1" | 198 | Nagoya, Aichi 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 |
| Issei Nakamura | R | R | April 2, 1982 | 6'1" | 187 | , Tokyo JP |
| Koji Nakamura | R | R | May 6, 1981 | 6'1" | 183 | Akashi, Hyogo JP |
| Norihiro Nakamura | R | R | July 24, 1973 | 5'10" | 205 | Osaka, Osaka 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 |
| Maximo Nelson | R | R | April 21, 1982 | 6'5" | 165 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Akira Nishikawa | L | R | April 2, 1984 | 5'9" | 159 | Taki-gun, Mie JP |
| Kohei Oda | R | R | March 15, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | Takasago, Hyogo JP |
| 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 |
| Shinsuke Saito | R | R | February 12, 1982 | 6'0" | 187 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Mitsuru Sato | R | R | April 29, 1978 | 6'3" | 183 | Sakado, Saitama JP |
| Ryota Sato | L | L | September 2, 1983 | 6'1" | 180 | Nagano, Fukui JP |
| Michihisa Sawai | S | R | June 25, 1979 | 5'9" | 163 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Akinobu Shimizu | R | R | October 26, 1983 | 5'9" | 187 | Matsusaka, Mie JP |
| Masaumi Shimizu | R | R | January 9, 1975 | 5'11" | 185 | Takasaki, Gunma 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 |
| Daisuke Tanaka | R | R | December 18, 1984 | 5'9" | 165 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima 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 |
| Yoshinori Ueda | L | R | November 18, 1973 | 6'2" | 195 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Kazuhiro Wada | R | R | June 19, 1972 | 6'0" | 190 | Gifu, Gifu 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 |
| Soma Yamauchi | R | R | July 1, 1985 | 5'11" | 170 | Toyoda, Aichi JP |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | R | R | September 19, 1984 | 5'9" | 182 | Fukuchiyama, Kyoto JP |
