Commissioner of Baseball (NPB)

The Commissioner of Baseball is the highest office in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). NPB's current Commissioner is former Japanese ambassador to the United States, Ryozo Kato.

Commissioners

1. Morita Fukui (1951–1954)
2. Nobori Inon (1956–1962)
3. Yushi Uchimura (1962–1965)
4. Toshiyoshi Miyazawa (1965–1971)
5. Nobumoto Ohama (1971–1976)
6. Toshi Kaneko (1976–1979)
7. Takeso Shimoda (1979–1985)
8. Juhei Takeuchi (1985–1988)
9. Ichiro Yoshikuni (1989–1998)
10. Hiromori Kawashima (1998–2004)
11. Yasuchika Negoro (2004–2007)
12. Ryozo Kato (2008–present)