Professional Baseball Players Who Played for Panasonic
The following players were outstanding members of Panasonic's Baseball Team and some even went on to leave their mark in the history of professional baseball.
| Akiteru Kono | Hankyu Braves - Chunichi Dragons - Hankyu Braves - Nishitetsu Lions | 1954: Joined the Hankyu Braves |
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| Tetsuzo Arita | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 1967: Eighth-round draft pick |
| Shigeru Hino | Chunichi Dragons - Nishitetsu Lions/Taiheiyo Club Lions | 1967: Joined from outside the draft |
| Mitsuo Okada | Kintetsu Buffaloes | 1968: Third-round draft pick |
| Hideji Kato | Hankyu Braves - Hiroshima Toyo Carp - Kintetsu Buffaloes - Yomiuri Giants - Nankai Hawks | 1968: Second-round draft pick |
| Yutaka Fukumoto | Hankyu Braves | 1968: Seventh-round draft pick |
| Yozo Ueda | Lotte Orions | 1971: Ninth-round draft pick |
| Kenji Yoshimura | Taiheiyo Club Lions | 1972: Joined from outside the draft |
| Takashi Yamaguchi | Hankyu Braves | 1974: First-round draft pick |
| Yasuo Fukui | Kintetsu Buffaloes - Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 1974: First-round draft pick |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | Yakult Swallows | 1976: Fifth-round draft pick |
| Osamu Fukuma | Lotte Orions - Hanshin Tigers | 1978: First-round draft pick |
| Tsutomu Yamada | Nankai Hawks - Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 1980: Fourth-round draft pick |
| Ko Okamoto | Yomiuri Giants - Seibu Lions | 1982: Second-round draft pick |
| Hidetaka Kobara | Yomiuri Giants | 1987: Joined from outside the draft |
| Tetsuya Shiozaki | Seibu Lions | 1989: First-round draft pick |
| Katsumi Mizumoto | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 1989: Joined from outside the draft |
| Hideo Koike | Kintetsu/Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes - Chunichi Dragons - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes - Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 1992: First-round draft pick |
| Takuichi Koike | Chunichi Dragons - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 1992: Sixth-round draft pick |
| Kazuya Harai | Seibu Lions - Chiba Lotte Marines - Chinese Hopestars | 1995: Fifth-round draft pick |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | Nippon-Ham/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters - Texas Rangers - Hanshin Tigers | 1998: Second-round draft pick |
| Hisashi Aikyo | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes - Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 2000: Second-round draft pick |
| Masanobu Okubo | ORIX BlueWave/ORIX Buffaloes | 2000: Second-round draft pick |
| Taichi Okazaki | Hanshin Tigers | 2004: Pre-draft arrangement |
| Yasutomo Kubo | Chiba Lotte Marines - Hanshin Tigers - Yokohama DeNA BayStars - Gary SouthShore RailCats (U.S. independent baseball league) - Sugar Land Skeeters (U.S. independent baseball league) - León Braves (Mexican Baseball League) | 2004: Pre-draft arrangement |
| Genki Nitta | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 2008: Fifth-round draft pick |
| Yusuke Kusuki | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles - Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 2008: Fifth-round draft pick |
| Ryo Akiyoshi | Tokyo Yakult Swallows - Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 2013: Third-round draft pick |
| Yuichi Adachi | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 2015: Sixth-round draft pick |
| Taisuke Kondo | ORIX Buffaloes | 2015: Second-round draft pick |
| Kosuke Fujitani | Hanshin Tigers | 2016: Eighth-round draft pick |
| Shumei Miyamoto | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 2017: Seventh-round draft pick |