Sayonara Pro Yakyu

Here are the NPB players that have retired or have been released:

Note: These may or may change.

Central League
Yomuri Giants
Retired
P Takashi Kashiwada (will become an overseas scout)
C Shuji Nishiyama
IF Koji Gotoh
IF Daisuke Motoki

Released
P Hayato Nakamura
P Tsuyoshi Johbe
P Kenjyu Yamamoto
OF Hiroyuki Nakahama
P Mitsutaka Gotoh
P Masaki Hiraoka
C Yusuke Yokokawa
OF Gabe Kapler
P Scott Mullen
1B Kazuhiro Kiyohara
OF Tuffy Rhodes
P J.P. Miadich

Remain
P Brian Sikorski
P Yukinanga Maeda

Yakult Swallows
Retired
OF Shinichi Satoh

Released
P Yu Sugimoto
P Masayoshi Izumi
P Takahiko Hagiwara
P Takanori Komori
P Fumio Katayama
OF Hiroki Hongoh
P Tatsuki Yamamoto

Yokohama BayStars
Retired
P Kazuhiro Sasaki

Released
P Kenichi Watanabe
P Hiroshi Yamada
P Kuniyuki Taniguchi
P Hideki Chiba

Chunichi
Released
P Tetsuo Yaguchi
C Kiyohito Shimizu
C Hidenori Tanoue
IF Norbert Semanaka da Hossha
IF Hiromasa Tamano
OF Susumu Ohtomo
OF Kenji Makuta

Hanshin Tigers
Retired
P Hiroshi Ishige

Released
P Masahiro Sakumoto
P Satoshi Arai
OF Takashi Tachikawa
OF Kanichi Matoba
OF Keita Matsushita

Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Retired
IF Kenjiro Nomura

Released
P Toshikazu Sawazaki
P Kanei Kobayashi
P Gohta Kuniki
IF Takaaki Matsumoto
IF Naoto Ishibashi
OF Akihiro Tamura

Pacific League
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Retired
OF Kazuteru Shimada

Released
P Carlos Mirabal
P Brandon Knight
P Tatsuhito Katoh
P Yukihiro Sakurai
P Noriyuki Takahashi
P Hiroshi Shibakusa
C Katsuhiko Yamada
IF Kokichi Akune
IF Gohki Ikeda
IF Erick Almonte
OF Yoshinori Ueda
OF Tsutomu Ishimoto
OF Katsuhiro Nishiura

Rakuten Golden Eagles
Retired
P Makoto Kitoh

Released
P Aaron Myette
P Matt Skrmetta
P Hiroshi Takamura
P Tetsuro Kawajiri
P Hideo Koike
P Hisashi Ogura
P Hiroshi Kobayashi
C Koji Takahashi
C Masashi Chikazawa
C Hisahiko Irino
C Takeshi Nakamura
IF Osamu Hoshino
IF Damon Minor
IF Koichi Oshima
OF Masaya Kojima

Seibu Lions
Released
P Kazuhiro Shibasaki
P Ryu Mayama
P Tomoki Satoh
P Kenichi Toriyabe
P Hisaki Tomioka
C Toshiaki Inubushi
IF Taisei Takagi
IF Hiroaki Ueda

Chiba Lotte Marines
Released
P Hirotsugu Maeda
P Shinichi Nagasaki
C Shunsuke Sugiyama
IF Kazuya Harai
IF Akira Tominaga
IF Yugoh Amano
IF Ryosuke Sawai
IF Kiyoshi Hatsushiba
OF Hiromi Oho
OF Naoki Sogabe

Orix Buffaloes
Released
P Jose Parra
P Josh Stewart
P Makoto Suzuki
P Akira Okamoto
P Itaru Uto
P Etsuji Taniguchi
P Daisuke Shioya
P Shuichi Iwashita
P Yusuke Kurita
P Takuji Yamamoto
IF Yuji Goshima
IF Tomotaka Tamaki
IF Toshio Kikuchi
IF Hiroki Fukutome
IF Kazuhiko Shiotani
IF Randall Simon
OF Nobutoshi Ido
OF Takashi Hida

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Released
P Tomohiro Nagai
P Nobuyasu Matsui
IF Koichi Nakamura
IF Akihiko Katoh
IF Naoki Tanaka
IF Mizuki Tanaka
C Masanori Taguchi
OF Kazuyuki Takahashi
OF Yudai Deguchi