Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award

The Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award is given to one player in each league of Central League and Pacific League.

NPB Comeback Player of the Year Award

Year	Player	Team	League	Player	Team	League
1974	Kozo Ishioka	Yakult Swallows	Central	-	-	-
1975	Sohachi Aniya	Hanshin Tigers	Central	-	-	-
1976	Kazuhide Funada	Yakult Swallows	Central	-	-	-
1977	Keishi Asano	Yomiuri Giants	Central	-	-	-
1978	Osamu Nomura	Taiyo Whales	Central	-	-	-
1979	Toshiyuki Mimura	Hiroshima Carp	Central	-	-	-
1980	Kenichi Yazawa	Chunichi Dragons	Central	Hiromitsu Kadota	Nankai Hawks	Pacific
1981	Taira Fujita	Hanshin Tigers	Central	-	-	-
1982	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Takamasa Suzuki	Chunichi Dragons	Central	-	-	-
1985	-	-	-	Choji Murata	Lotte Orions	Pacific
1986	Tsunemi Tsuda	Hiroshima Carp	Central	-	-	-
1987	Toru Sugiura	Yakult Swallows	Central	Hisao Niura	Taiyo Whales	Central
1988	Shuzo Arita	Yomiuri Giants	Central	-	-	-
1989	Takashi Nishimoto	Chunichi Dragons	Central	Takayoshi Nakao	Yomiuri Giants	Central
1990	Sadaaki Yoshimura	Yomiuri Giants	Central	Kazuhiko Endo	Taiyo Whales	Central
1991	Kazuyoshi Ono	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pacific	Kazuyuki SHirai	Nippon-Ham Fighters	Pacific
1992	Akimitsu Ito	Yakult Swallows	Central	-	-	-
1993	Kanjiro Kawasaki	Yakult Swallows	Central	-	-	-
1994	Toshikatsu Hikono	Chunichi Dragons	Central	-	-	-
1995	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Shinnchi Kato	Hiroshima Carp	Central	-	-	-
1997	Tomohito Ito	Yakult Swallows	Central	-	-	-
1998	Takashi Saito	Yokohama BayStars	Central	Tatsuji Nishimura	Daiei Hawks	Pacific
1999	Jyoji Toyama	Hanshin Tigers	Central	-	-	-
2000	Hitoshi Taneda	Chunichi Dragons	Central	-	-	-
2001	Toshihide Narimoto	Hanshin Tigers	Central	Koki Morita	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pacific
2002	Tomonori Maeda	Hiroshima Carp	Central	-	-	-
2003	Masafumi Hirai	Chunichi Dragons	Central	Ken Suzuki	Yakult Swallows	Central
2004	Hiroki Kokubo	Yomiuri Giants	Central	-	-	-
2005	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Keiichi Hirano	Hanshin Tigers	Central	-	-	-

See also

• Nippon Professional Baseball#Awards
• Baseball awards#Japan
• Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award