JapanBall Hall of Fame

About the JapanBall Hall of Fame

There are four ways to be inducted in the JapanBall Hall of Fame:

  1. Visit all twelve NPB teams’ home stadiums during the course of one tour or
  2. Participate in three of JapanBall’s tours, with at least one being in Japan.
  3. Demonstrate a sustained, exemplary dedication and service to the JapanBall community.

Inductees are immortalized with a plaque to commemorate the honor in the JapanBall Hall of Fame.

The Hall is located inside Cafe Noodle Roje (Google Maps), a small neighborhood restaurant located just blocks away from the Tokyo Dome.  While searching for a home for our HOF, we sought a place that would be welcoming to foreign baseball fans, provide a personal feel for the country, and serve food that is delicious, traditional, and agreeable to a variety of palates.

With Cafe Noodle Roje, we found the perfect spot.

Owned and operated by the husband-and-wife team of Jun and Koko, the cafe is open Monday through Friday for lunch and dinner until 10pm, and Saturday for lunch until 2pm.  If you’re in Tokyo and don’t find your way there, you’ll have missed an essential piece of your Japan experience. Seriously.  Visit the JapanBall Hall of Fame.

Members

Last Updated: November 2024

Connie Van Putten

Hercules, CA – USA

See It All • 2005

Joan and Kurt Mason

Everett, WA – USA

See It All • 2005

David Mitsuo Abe

Oakland, CA – USA

2003 • 2004 • 2006

Joseph Kleier

Louisville, KY – USA

2004 • 2005 • 2006

Leon DeHaven

Tempe, AZ – USA

See It All • 2006

Bruce Powell

Falls Church, VA – USA

2003 • 2005 • 2008

Joseph Kleier

Hillsboro, OR – USA

See It All • 2007

Nancy Vinikoor

Hillsboro, OR – USA

See It All • 2007

Daniel Ayers

Seattle, WA – USA

See It All • 2009

Greg Erjavac

North Yorkshire, England – UK

See It All • 2009

Ken Martin

Tokyo – Japan

See It All • 2009

Alex Maynard and Stacey Ruel

North Yorkshire, England – UK

See It All • 2009

Daniel Mesa

Laurel, Maryland – USA

See It All • 2009

Ellie Buckley and Shelley Correll

Menlo Park, CA – USA

See It All • 2010

Susan Hamaker

New York, New York – USA

2008 • 2009 • 2010

Meg Minard

Castle Rock, CO – USA

See It All • 2010

Jim Spavins

Middleton, WI – USA

See It All • 2010

Don Robbs

Honolulu, HI – USA

2009 • 2010 • 2011

Regina Gallagher

Chicago, IL – USA

2003 • 2008 • 2012

Jon Gat

Los Angeles, CA– USA

2007 • 2008 • 2012

Rick DeMaria

Santa Rosa, CA – USA

2008 • 2009 • 2012

John Wilson

Glendora, CA – USA

2010 • 2011 • 2012

Mike Colegate

Sunnyvale, CA – USA

2011(1) • 2011(2) • 2012

Pam and Jon Bennett

Cypress, TX– USA

See It All • 2012

Ken Schlapp and Hiroko Tanji

Cypress, CA – USA

See It All • 2011

Larry Lipsher

Graham St– Hong Kong

See It All • 2012

Matt Susser

Boynton Beach, FL – USA

See It All • 2012

John Kohl

Halethorpe, MD – USA

2008 • 2009 • 2013

Paul Barnes

Toronto – Canada

See It All • 2013

Vincent Zito

Acton, MA – USA

2010 • 2011 • 2014

Jason Martin

Canonsburg, PA – USA

See It All • 2013

Jeff and Dee Petrie

Plymouth, MN – USA

See It All • 2015

Todd Akiyama

Bellevue, WA – USA

2001 • 2012 • 2015

Rob and Lynette Mize

Las Vegas, NV – USA

See It All • 2015

Clay Breshears

Hillsboro, OR – USA

See It All • 2015

Kelly Salmon

Aberdeen – Canada

See It All • 2015

Dave and Caroline Werner

Carmel, CA – USA

2006 • 2010 • 2015

Bob Kistler

Westminster, MA – USA

2011 • 2013 • 2016

Craig Yee

Peoria, AZ – USA

2013 • 2014 • 2016

Amy Ross

Eatontown, NJ – USA

2014 • 2015 • 2016

Brien Aronov

Willimantic, CT – USA

See It All • 2016

Bob Deal

Albany, NY – USA

See It All • 2016

Bill Dryden

Boise, ID – USA

See It All • 2016

Debrha Carnahan

Boise, ID – USA

See It All • 2016

Zach Wyman

Seattle, WA – USA

See It All • 2016

Jenna Bedingfield

Atlanta, GA – USA

See It All • 2017

Keith Brock

Irving, TX – USA

2012 • 2015 • 2017

Wayne S. Graczyk

Kichijoji, Tokyo – Japan

In Memoriam • April 2017

Tom Russell

Sylvania, OH – USA

2014 • 2015 • 2018

Dennis W. Cross

Lexington, VA – USA

2007 • 2009 • 2019

T.S. Kelly

New York, NY – USA

2003 • 2008 • 2019

Jim Small

Tokyo, Japan • 2019

For Service to International Baseball

Jon Brien

Munich, Bayern – Germany

See It All • 2019

Richard Captor

Redondo Beach, CA – USA

See It All • 2019

Carter Cromwell

San Francisco, CA – USA

See It All • 2019

James Delaria

San Bernardino, CA – USA

See It All • 2019

Debby Dyess

St. Louis, MO – USA

See It All • 2019

Kenneth Sins

Bainbridge Island, WA – USA

See It All • 2019

Brad Smith

Kansas City, MO – USA

See It All • 2019

Linda Tom

Seattle, WA – USA

See It All • 2019

Bob Bavasi

Everett, WA – USA

Founded JapanBall 1999; Inducted 2023

Rob Fitts

Bronx, NY – USA

See It All • 2023

Frank Hollander

Bellevue, WA – USA

See It All • 2023

Mark Kanter

Portsmouth, RI – USA

2018 • 2022 • 2023

Paul Krause

Peoria, AZ – USA

See It All • 2023

Pam and Steve Ikeda

Whittier, California – USA

2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

David Cohen

Pembroke Pines, Florida – USA

See It All • 2024

Henry Phan

Peoria, AZ – USA

2022 • 2023 • 2024

James Leising

Grimsby, Ontario – Canada

See It All • 2024

Jamie and Mark Kozlevcar

El Segundo, California – USA

See It All • 2024

Keith Krewer

Cedar Rapids, Iowa – USA

See It All • 2024

Remt de Vroomen

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

See It All • 2024

Richard Geiwitz

Towson, Maryland – USA

See It All • 2024

Ron Mendoza

Seattle, Washington – USA

See It All • 2024

Scott Harris

New Westminster, British Columbia – Canada

See It All • 2024