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2019 All Star Teams

Fan ballot

Here are the fan ballots for the upcoming NPB all-star games (published on June 24)

Central League

★Selected in this ballot / selections by fans (total selections)

  Rank Player Team Votes
Starting pitchers
1 Daichi Osera 1(2) C 257,168
  2 Yuki Nishi T 249,040
  3 Tomoyuki Sugano G 157,176
  4 Shota Imanaga DB 146,931
  5 Juri Hara S 103,046
  6 Koyo Aoyagi T 61,561
  7 Yudai Ono D 57,043
  8 Kazuki Yoshimi D 29,851
  9 Yuya Yanagi D 29,157
  10 Masanori Ishikawa S 22,122
Middle Relievers
1 Pierce Johnson 1(1) T 364,233
  2 Ryuji Ichioka C 209,174
  3 Kota Nakagawa G 181,595
  4 Kazuki Kondo S 166,172
  5 Joely Rodriguez D 98,535
Closers
1 Yasuaki Yamasaki 5(5) DB 394,734
  2 Rafael Dolis T 287,895
  3 Taichi Ishiyama S 137,405
  4 Shota Nakazaki C 122,631
  5 Hiroshi Suzuki D 97,990
Catchers
1 Ryutaro Umeno 2(2) T 420,640
  2 Tsubasa Aizawa C 215,631
  3 Seiji Kobayashi G 212,444
  4 Hikaru Ito DB 133,528
  5 Shuhei Nakamura S 131,872
First Basemen
1 Kazuma Okamoto 2(2) G 308,401
  2 Dayan Viciedo D 189,313
  3 Tomotaka Sakaguchi S 167,186
  4 Jose Lopez DB 158,633
  5 Masahiro Nakatani T 156,304
Second Basemen
1 Tetsuto Yamada 3(5) S 424,435
  2 Ryosuke Kikuchi C 286,976
  3 Kento Ihara T 244,737
  4 Naoki Yoshikawa G 79,507
  5 Neftali Soto DB 67,530
Third Basemen
1 Munetaka Murakami 1(1) S 376,036
  2 Yusuke Oyama T 309,194
  3 Shuhei Takahashi D 216,519
  4 Toshiro Miyazaki DB 117,798
  5 Tomohiro Abe C 106,696
Shortstops
1 Hayato Sakamoto 8(11) G 424,557
  2 Seiya Kinami T 243,398
  3 Kosuke Tanaka C 161,186
  4 Naomichi Nishiura S 115,891
  5 Yota Kyoda D 112,325
Outfielders
1 Seiya Suzuki 3(4) C 485,526
2 Koji Chikamoto 1(1) T 389,868
3 Yoshitomo Tsutsugo 5(5) DB 319,896
  4 Norichika Aoki S 298,738
  5 Yoshihiro Maru G 291,973
  6 Yoshio Itoi T 248,870
  7 Yohei Oshima D 212,562
  8 Hisayoshi Chono C 202,207
  9 Kosuke Fukudome T 185,949
  10 Wladamir Balentien S 182,349

Pacific League

  Rank Player Team Votes
Starting pitchers
1 Kodai Senga 2(3) H 260,211
  2 Yoshinobu Yamamoto B 212,451
  3 Kohei Arihara F 73,148
  4 Hideaki Wakui M 67,682
  5 Tatsuya Imai L 65,552
  6 Taisuke Yamaoka B 62,538
  7 Takayuki Kishi E 61,782
  8 Rei Takahashi H 59,080
  9 Naoyuki Uwasawa F 53,367
  10 Kotaro Otake H 38,199
Middle Relievers
1 Naoki Miyanishi 2(3) F 304,380
  2 Hiroshi Kaino H 265,479
  3 Yuki Karakawa M 150,043
  4 Katsunori Hirai L 146,099
  5 Keisuke Sawada B 80,793
Closers
1 Yuki Matsui 3(3) E 337,789
  2 Hirotoshi Masui B 189,452
  3 Yuito Mori H 157,586
  4 Ryo Akiyoshi F 140,160
  5 Naoya Masuda M 118,938
Catchers
1 Tomoya Mori 3(3) ※1 L 425,723
  2 Takuya Kai H 302,332
  3 Tatsuhiro Tamura M 113,138
  4 Motohiro Shima E 67,416
  5 Kenya Wakatsuki B 65,975
First Basemen
1 Hotaka Yamakawa 2(2) L 531,187
  2 Sho Nakata F 172,215
  3 Daichi Suzuki M 153,325
  4 Seiichi Uchikawa H 103,824
  5 Takahiro Okada B 62,836
Second Basemen
1 Hideto Asamura 6(7) E 384,668
  2 Shuta Tonosaki L 214,570
  3 Shogo Nakamura M 176,157
  4 Shuhei Fukuda B 85,634
  5 Ryo Watanabe F 78,811
Third Basemen
1 Brando Laird 1(3) M 431,395
  2 Nobuhiro Matsuda H 259,432
  3 Takeya Nakamura L 173,716
  4 Yuma Tongu B 75,055
  5 Zelous Wheeler E 71,712
Shortstops
1 Kenta Imamiya 5(5) H 348,794
  2 Sosuke Genda L 305,762
  3 Takuya Nakashima F 124,092
  4 Yudai Fujioka M 99,609
  5 Eigoro Mogi E 95,034
Outfielders
1 Shogo Akiyama 5(5) L 514,262
2 Masataka Yoshida 2(2) B 394,866
3 Yuki Yanagita 5(6) H 331,338
  4 Taishi Ota F 318,716
  5 Haruki Nishikawa F 307,047
  6 Takashi Ogino M 259,918
  7 Seiji Uebayashi H 145,392
  8 Katsuya Kakunaka M 129,930
  9 Yuji Kaneko L 128,214
  10 Yurisbel Gracial H 125,451
DH
1 Kensuke Kondo 2(3) ※2 F 287,249
  2 Alfredo Despaigne H 239,339
  3 Jabari Blash E 162,961
  4 Takumi Kuriyama L 151,484
  5 Kennys Vargas M 86,968