2023 World Baseball ClassicChampion: 105.6 weighted points
120 x 1.00 x 0.80 x 1.10 x 1.00
National Team
🇯🇵 Japan
- Index Standing
- #3 - 169.7 pointsSenior tournament finishes, event weight, recency, field strength, and result-depth weighting all feed the score.
- Nickname
- Samurai JapanThe "Samurai Japan" moniker was first proposed by manager Tatsunori Hara in 2009 and became the team's official permanent brand under Hiroki Kokubo in 2013. The name was designed to unify the national team across all age groups and professional levels under a single, iconic identity rooted in Japanese heritage.
- More Info
- A traditional powerhouse; the most consistent performers on the global stage. Paired with their surgical pitching talent and dangerous batting order, Japan has dominated Asia and routinely set the standard in international competition, blending discipline, depth, and elite fundamentals into a perennial championship contender.
- Notable Achievements
- WBCPremier 12Olympics
Score Trail
Ranking Inputs
2026 World Baseball ClassicQuarterfinalist: 35.9 weighted points
64 x 1.00 x 1.00 x 1.12 x 0.502024 WBSC Premier 12Runner-Up: 16.6 weighted points
92 x 0.80 x 0.87 x 1.04 x 0.252021 Olympic BaseballGold: 7.1 weighted points
115 x 0.80 x 0.67 x 0.92 x 0.132019 WBSC Premier 12Champion: 3.0 weighted points
110 x 0.80 x 0.53 x 1.02 x 0.062017 World Baseball ClassicSemifinalist: 1.1 weighted points
82 x 1.00 x 0.40 x 1.08 x 0.032015 WBSC Premier 123rd Place: 0.3 weighted points
78 x 0.80 x 0.27 x 1.00 x 0.022023 Asia Professional Baseball ChampionshipChampion: 0.1 weighted points
68 x 0.30 x 0.80 x 0.84 x 0.012013 World Baseball ClassicSemifinalist: 0.0 weighted points
82 x 1.00 x 0.13 x 1.05 x 0.002017 Asia Professional Baseball ChampionshipChampion: 0.0 weighted points
68 x 0.30 x 0.40 x 0.80 x 0.002025 K-Baseball SeriesSeries Win With Draw: 0.0 weighted points
22 x 0.10 x 0.93 x 0.78 x 0.002025 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Win: 0.0 weighted points
24 x 0.10 x 0.93 x 0.66 x 0.002022 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Win: 0.0 weighted points
24 x 0.10 x 0.73 x 0.66 x 0.002024 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Win: 0.0 weighted points
24 x 0.10 x 0.87 x 0.56 x 0.002024 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Win: 0.0 weighted points
24 x 0.10 x 0.87 x 0.55 x 0.002018 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Win: 0.0 weighted points
24 x 0.10 x 0.47 x 0.66 x 0.002019 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Split: 0.0 weighted points
16 x 0.10 x 0.53 x 0.74 x 0.002019 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Split: 0.0 weighted points
16 x 0.10 x 0.53 x 0.62 x 0.002018 Samurai Japan SeriesSeries Loss: 0.0 weighted points
10 x 0.10 x 0.47 x 0.72 x 0.00