On the 22nd, the Nippon Professional baseball Organization announced the roster of eligible players for the SMBC Japan Series 2026, which will be held starting Saturday, October 24th.

Players eligible for the Japan Series are limited to a maximum of 40 individuals who were under the control of their respective club as of August 31 and have remained registered under that club's control since then.

In the Japan Series, 26 players from these 40 can be included in the active roster.

▼ Softbank Hawks

pitcher

Stewart Jr., Naoyuki Uwasawa, Yuki Tsumori, Rutledge, Hsu Jo-Hsi, Gota Suzuki, Armenta, Moinelo, Kazuki Sugiyama, Yugo Maeda, Yusuke Ito, Haru Matsumoto, Osuna, Fuga Otake, Hernandez, Taiga Kamichatani, Yuki Matsumoto, Hikaru Kimura, Tatsuto Kobayashi

catcher

Riku Watanabe, Yudai Yamamoto, Kenta Tanigawara, Soichiro Ishizuka, Takashi Umino

infielder

Akira Kawase, Downs, Hotaka Yamakawa, Taisei Makihara, Ryoya Kurihara, Yudai Shoji, Ryuta Hirose, Itua Ikhine

outfielder

Kensuke Kondo, Yuki Yanagita, Ukyo Shuto, Tomoya Masaki, Tatsuru Yanagimachi, Yoshiyasu Sasakawa, Riku Ogata, Yuto Kawamura