Japan at The 2004 Summer Olympics - Baseball

Baseball

Team Roster

Manager: 33 - Kiyoshi Nakahata.

Coaches: 31 - Yutaka Takagi, 32 - Yutaka Ohno.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Club
1 OF Kosuke Fukudome April 26, 1972 Chunichi Dragons
2 IF Michihiro Ogasawara October 25, 1973 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
5 IF Norihiro Nakamura July 24, 1973 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
6 IF Shinya Miyamoto November 5, 1970 Yakult Swallows
8 IF Makoto Kaneko November 8, 1975 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
9 C Kenji Johjima June 8, 1976 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
10 OF Yoshitomo Tani February 9, 1973 Orix Blue Wave
11 P Naoyuki Shimizu November 24, 1975 Chiba Lotte Marines
13 P Hitoki Iwase November 8, 1974 Chunichi Dragons
15 P Hiroki Kuroda February 15, 1975 Hiroshima Toyo Carp
16 P Yuya Ando December 27, 1977 Hanshin Tigers
17 P Daisuke Miura December 25, 1973 Yokohama BayStars
18 P Daisuke Matsuzaka September 13, 1980 Seibu Lions
19 P Koji Uehara April 3, 1975 Yomiuri Giants
20 P Hisashi Iwakuma April 12, 1981 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
21 P Tsuyoshi Wada February 21, 1981 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
23 OF Arihito Muramatsu December 12, 1972 Orix Blue Wave
24 OF Yoshinobu Takahashi April 3, 1975 Yomiuri Giants
25 IF Atsushi Fujimoto October 4, 1977 Hanshin Tigers
27 OF Takuya Kimura April 15, 1972 Hiroshima Toyo Carp
30 P Masahide Kobayashi May 24, 1974 Chiba Lotte Marines
55 OF Kazuhiro Wada June 19, 1972 Seibu Lions
59 C Ryoji Aikawa July 11, 1976 Yokohama BayStars
61 P Hirotoshi Ishii September 14, 1977 Yakult Swallows
Preliminary Round
Team W L Tiebreaker
Japan 6 1 1-0
Cuba 6 1 0-1
Canada 5 2 -
Australia 4 3 -
Chinese Taipei 3 4 -
Netherlands 2 5 -
Greece 1 6 1-0
Italy 1 6 0-1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Japan 2 0 3 1 1 4 1 12 13 0
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Koji Uehara (1-0) LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1)
Home runs:
JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI
ITA: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Netherlands 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1
Japan 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 x 8 11 1
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0) LP: Diego Markwell (0-1)
Home runs:
NED: None
JPN: A. Fujimoto in 8th, 2 RBIs
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 12 2
Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 2
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0) LP: Vicyohandri Odelín (0-1) Sv: Hirotoshi Ishii (1S)
Home runs:
JPN: K. Jojima in 4th, 1 RBI; N. Nakamura in 4th, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 2nd, 2 RBIs
CUB: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 9 15 1
Japan 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
WP: Ryan Rowland Smith (1-0) LP: Daisuke Miura (0-1) Sv: Jeff Williams (1S)
Home runs:
AUS: D. Nilsson in 8th, 1 RBI
JPN: K. Fukudome in 5th, 3 RBIs
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
Japan 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 x 9 11 0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1-0) LP: Mike Johnson (1-1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
JPN: Y. Takahashi in 1st, 2 RBIs; Y. Tani in 2nd, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 4th, 2 RBIs
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chinese Taipei 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 1
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 10 0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (2-0) LP: Tsao Chin-Hui (0-1-1)
Home runs:
TPE: Chen C. F. in 3rd, 3 RBIs
JPN: Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 13 0
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
WP: Naoyuki Shimizu (1-0) LP: Meleti Ross Melehes (0-2)
Home runs:
JPN: K. Fukudome in 7th, 2 RBIs; Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs
GRE: E. D. Pappas in 7th, 1 RBI
Semifinal
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
WP: Chris Oxspring (2-0) LP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1) Sv: Jeff Williams (2S)
Bronze Medal Final
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 11 13 0
Canada 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (2-0) LP: Mike Johnson (1-2)
Home runs:
JPN: K. Jojima in 1st, 2 RBIs
CAN: J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI
03 ! Won Bronze Medal

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