Isao Harimoto holds the Japanese record for most career hits with 3085, and is the only player with more than 3000 hits in Japan.
Players with 2,000 or more hits
- Stats updated as of end of 2023 season.
Rank
|
Player
|
Hits
|
1
|
Isao Harimoto *
|
3,085
|
2
|
Katsuya Nomura *
|
2,901
|
3
|
Sadaharu Oh *
|
2,786
|
4
|
Hiromitsu Kadota *
|
2,566
|
5
|
Yutaka Fukumoto *
|
2,543
|
5
|
Sachio Kinugasa *
|
2,543
|
7
|
Tomoaki Kanemoto *
|
2,539
|
8
|
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami *
|
2,480
|
9
|
Shigeo Nagashima *
|
2,471
|
10
|
Masahiro Doi
|
2,452
|
11
|
Takuro Ishii
|
2,432
|
12
|
Hiromitsu Ochiai *
|
2,371
|
13
|
Tetsuharu Kawakami *
|
2,351
|
14
|
Koji Yamamoto *
|
2,339
|
15
|
Hayato Sakamoto
|
2,321
|
16
|
Kihachi Enomoto *
|
2,314
|
17
|
Morimichi Takagi *
|
2,274
|
18
|
Kazuhiro Yamauchi *
|
2,271
|
19
|
Katsuo Osugi *
|
2,228
|
20
|
Yasunori Oshima
|
2,204
|
21
|
Takahiro Arai
|
2,203
|
22
|
Seiichi Uchikawa
|
2,186
|
23
|
Tsutomu Wakamatsu *
|
2,173
|
24
|
Atsunori Inaba
|
2,167
|
25
|
Yoshinori Hirose
|
2,157
|
25
|
Koji Akiyama *
|
2,157
|
27
|
Shinya Miyamoto
|
2,133
|
28
|
Shinnosuke Abe
|
2,132
|
29
|
Kazuhiro Kiyohara
|
2,122
|
30
|
Michihiro Ogasawara
|
2,120
|
30
|
Takumi Kuriyama
|
2,120
|
32
|
Tomonori Maeda
|
2,119
|
33
|
Motonobu Tanishige
|
2,108
|
34
|
Norihiro Nakamura
|
2,101
|
35
|
Takashi Toritani
|
2,099
|
36
|
Atsuya Furuta *
|
2,097
|
37
|
Makoto Matsubara
|
2,095
|
38
|
Kazuo Matsui
|
2,090
|
39
|
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
|
2,081
|
40
|
Taira Fujita
|
2,064
|
41
|
Kenichi Yazawa
|
2,062
|
42
|
Michiyo Arito
|
2,057
|
43
|
Shinichi Eto *
|
2,057
|
44
|
Hideji Katō
|
2,055
|
45
|
Kazuhiro Wada
|
2,050
|
46
|
Masahiro Araki
|
2,045
|
47
|
Hiroki Kokubo
|
2,041
|
48
|
Hiromasa Arai
|
2,038
|
49
|
Yohei Oshima
|
2,021
|
50
|
Kenjiro Nomura
|
2,020
|
51
|
Isao Shibata
|
2,018
|
52
|
Alex Ramírez *
|
2,017
|
53
|
Yukio Tanaka
|
2,012
|
54
|
Norihiro Komada
|
2,006
|
55
|
Kazuya Fukuura
|
2,000
|
See also
Notes
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References
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