2022 Yakult Swallows Roster
Team Record: 80-59
in the JPCL
Manager: Shingo Takatsu (80-59)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
Playoffs - Yakult Swallows 4 games, Hanshin Tigers 0
The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 2022 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses
The Swallows plated 619 runs, tops in the circuit. Yakult yielded 566 runs. Munetaka Murakami crushed 56 homers for the team, while José Osuna, Yasutaka Shiomi, Domingo Santana and Tetsuto Yamada each walloped 15 or more also. Munetaka Murakami recorded 134 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .318. Cy Sneed and Naofumi Kizawa paced the team with 9 wins each, and Yasuhiro Ogawa registered a 2.82 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Patrick Kivlehan, Nori Aoki, Cy Sneed, Scott McGough, José Osuna, A. J. Cole, Domingo Santana and Andrew Suárez were all players from the 2022 Yakult Swallows who played in the Majors during their careers.
Shingo Takatsu served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Akahane | R | R | June 29, 2000 | 5'8" | 174 | |
| Nori Aoki | L | R | January 5, 1982 | 5'9" | 180 | Hyuga, Miyazaki JP |
| Takahiro Araki | R | R | July 26, 1987 | 5'10" | 168 | Oyabe, Toyama JP |
| A. J. Cole | R | R | January 5, 1992 | 6'5" | 238 | Winter Springs, FL US |
| Taiki Hamada | R | R | September 4, 2000 | 5'9" | 178 | |
| Juri Hara | R | R | July 19, 1993 | 5'11" | 174 | , JP |
| Tomoya Hoshi | R | R | April 15, 1994 | 6'0" | 172 | |
| Yuta Ichikawa | R | R | March 29, 2001 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Masanori Ishikawa | L | L | January 22, 1980 | 5'6" | 152 | Akita, Akita JP |
| Taichi Ishiyama | R | R | September 1, 1988 | 5'11" | 165 | |
| Yuto Kanakubo | L | R | November 4, 1999 | 6'0" | 163 | |
| Shingo Kawabata | L | R | October 16, 1987 | 6'1" | 181 | Kaizuka, Osaka JP |
| Patrick Kivlehan | R | R | December 22, 1989 | 6'2" | 223 | Nyack, NY US |
| Naofumi Kizawa | R | R | April 25, 1998 | 6'0" | 187 | |
| Yudai Koga | R | R | August 7, 1998 | 5'10" | 163 | |
| Ryuta Konno | R | R | May 11, 1995 | 5'9" | 158 | |
| Reiji Kozawa | L | R | March 9, 1998 | 5'11" | 172 | |
| Takuma Kubo | L | L | July 27, 1996 | 5'8" | 165 | |
| Kazuya Maruyama | L | L | July 18, 1999 | 5'8" | 176 | |
| Naoki Matsumoto | R | R | October 17, 1993 | 5'10" | 180 | , JP |
| Yu Matsumoto | L | R | February 5, 1995 | 5'10" | 189 | |
| Scott McGough | R | R | October 31, 1989 | 5'11" | 190 | Monroeville, PA US |
| Kohei Miyadai | L | L | July 1, 1995 | 5'10" | 183 | , JP |
| Takeshi Miyamoto | L | R | April 3, 1995 | 6'0" | 172 | , JP |
| Hiyu Motoyama | L | R | December 4, 1998 | 5'10" | 174 | |
| Munetaka Murakami | L | R | February 2, 2000 | 6'2" | 213 | Kumamoto, JP |
| Hideki Nagaoka | L | R | September 26, 2001 | 5'8" | 163 | |
| Yuhei Nakamura | R | R | June 17, 1990 | 5'9" | 154 | Ono, Fukui JP |
| Hidetaka Namiki | R | R | March 23, 1999 | 5'6" | 154 | |
| Akihisa Nishida | R | R | April 28, 1992 | 5'10" | 182 | |
| Naomichi Nishiura | R | R | April 11, 1991 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Yasuhiro Ogawa | R | R | May 16, 1990 | 5'7" | 176 | |
| Hiroki Ohnishi | R | R | November 8, 1997 | 5'8" | 185 | |
| Yuma Ohshita | L | R | July 6, 1992 | 5'10" | 183 | , JP |
| Kengo Ohta | L | R | January 19, 1997 | 6'1" | 158 | |
| Yasunobu Okugawa | R | R | April 16, 2001 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Nobuyuki Okumura | L | R | May 26, 1995 | 5'10" | 158 | |
| José Osuna | R | R | December 12, 1992 | 6'2" | 240 | Trujillo, Trujillo VE |
| Tomotaka Sakaguchi | L | R | July 7, 1984 | 5'11" | 168 | Akashi, Hyogo JP |
| Koshiro Sakamoto | L | L | September 9, 1994 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Domingo Santana | R | R | August 5, 1992 | 6'5" | 220 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Daichi Shibata | R | R | November 7, 1997 | 5'11" | 202 | |
| Motohiro Shima | R | R | December 13, 1984 | 5'10" | 181 | Kaizu, Gifu JP |
| Noboru Shimizu | L | R | October 15, 1996 | 5'10" | 185 | |
| Yasutaka Shiomi | R | R | June 12, 1993 | 5'10" | 167 | , JP |
| Cy Sneed | R | R | October 1, 1992 | 6'4" | 215 | Twin Falls, ID US |
| Andrew Suárez | L | L | September 11, 1992 | 6'0" | 187 | Miami, FL US |
| Koki Sugiyama | L | R | June 25, 1997 | 5'11" | 185 | |
| Kazuto Taguchi | L | L | September 14, 1995 | 5'7" | 165 | |
| Keiji Takahashi | L | L | May 14, 1997 | 5'10" | 161 | Kameoka, JP |
| Hirotoshi Takanashi | R | R | June 5, 1991 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Ryusei Takeoka | L | R | May 28, 2001 | 5'10" | 169 | |
| Hyuga Takeyama | R | R | November 2, 2003 | 5'11" | 185 | |
| Seiichi Uchikawa | R | R | August 4, 1982 | 6'0" | 180 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Souma Uchiyama | R | R | June 30, 2002 | 5'7" | 156 | |
| Yugo Umeno | R | R | January 13, 1999 | 5'9" | 185 | |
| Daiki Watanabe | R | R | June 7, 1997 | 6'0" | 191 | , JP |
| Tetsuto Yamada | R | R | July 16, 1992 | 5'10" | 163 | Toyooka, JP |
| Daiki Yamamoto | L | L | November 10, 1995 | 6'0" | 175 | , JP |
| Kotaro Yamasaki | L | L | August 11, 1993 | 5'8" | 150 | , JP |
| Hikaru Yamashita | L | L | September 12, 1999 | 6'2" | 220 | |
| Daiki Yoshida | R | R | July 27, 1997 | 5'8" | 182 |
