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The Top Ranked Golfers of All-Time from Japan
Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in.
Where a player grew up, went to school, or who they represented internationally is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 2011 | 159 |
| 2 | Isao Aoki | 1964 | 359 |
| 3 | Tommy Nakajima | 1975 | 515 |
| 4 | Shingo Katayama | 1995 | 628 |
| 5 | Shigeki Maruyama | 1992 | 642 |
| 6 | Toshi Izawa | 1989 | 697 |
| 7 | Jumbo Ozaki | 1970 | 715 |
| 8 | Hideto Tanihara | 2001 | 731 |
| 9 | Satoshi Kodaira | 2013 | 930 |
| 10 | Ryuji Imada | 1999 | 1094 |
| 11 | Norio Suzuki | 1974 | 1630 |
| 12 | Ryo Hisatsune | 2021 | 1853 |
| 13 | Takaaki Kono | 1967 | 1953 |
| 14 | Hidemichi Tanaka | 1991 | 2058 |
| 15 | Yataka Hagawa | 1982 | 2091 |
| 16 | Yuta Ikeda | 2008 | 2109 |
| 17 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 1992 | 2112 |
| 18 | Shugo Imahira | 2014 | 2118 |
| 19 | Kazuki Higa | 2017 | 2124 |
| 20 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka | 1994 | 2126 |
| 21 | Kenichi Kuboya | 1995 | 2129 |
| 22 | Toshinori Muto | 2006 | 2139 |
| 23 | Takumi Kanaya | 2019 | 2140 |
| 24 | Tadahiro Takayama | 1999 | 2153 |
| 25 | Yosuke Asaji | 2011 | 2160 |
| 26 | Masanori Kobayashi | 2011 | 2161 |
| 27 | Daisuke Maruyama | 1994 | 2177 |
| 28 | Daisuke Kataoka | 2007 | 2213 |
| 29 | Masahiro Kawamura | 2013 | 2236 |
| 30 | Satoshi Oide | 1998 | 2285 |
| 31 | Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 1999 | 2368 |
| 32 | Ryo Ishikawa | 2008 | 2587 |
| 33 | Toru Nakamura | 1973 | 2593 |
| 34 | Ryutaro Nagano | 2008 | 2614 |
| 35 | Hiroshi Iwata | 2004 | 2632 |
| 36 | Katsuyoshi Tomori | 1982 | 2887 |
| 37 | Joe Ozaki | 1977 | 2928 |
| 38 | Rikuya Hoshino | 2016 | 2964 |
| 39 | Tomoo Ishii | 1964 | 2976 |
| 40 | Haruo Yasuda | 1965 | 2985 |
| 41 | Hideyo Sugimoto | 1964 | 2986 |
| 42 | Ken Tanigawa | 1990 | 2987 |
| 43 | Kenji Hosoishi | 1959 | 2997 |
| 44 | Koki Idoki | 1982 | 2999 |
| 45 | Teruo Sugihara | 1957 | 3017 |
| 46 | Noboru Sugai | 1975 | 3022 |
| 47 | Takashi Murakami | 1967 | 3023 |
| 48 | Kosaku Shimada | 1968 | 3030 |
| 49 | Kasiyadi | 1989 | 3038 |
| 50 | Hiroshi Yamada | 1983 | 3043 |
| 51 | Junichi Takahashi | 1983 | 3044 |
| 52 | Hideto Shigenobu | 1979 | 3048 |
| 53 | Kesahiko Uchida | 1976 | 3051 |
| 54 | Toshiro Hitomi | 1974 | 3054 |
| 55 | Katsunari Takahashi | 1972 | 3055 |
| 56 | Yurio Akitomi | 1972 | 3056 |
| 57 | Isao Katsumata | 1970 | 3057 |
| 58 | Tomio Kamata | 1969 | 3058 |
| 59 | Yutaka Suzuki | 1968 | 3059 |
| 60 | Mitsutaka Kono | 1967 | 3061 |
| 61 | Seiichi Kanai | 1965 | 3062 |
| 62 | Hiroshi Ishii | 1963 | 3064 |
| 63 | Shigeru Uchida | 1959 | 3066 |
| 64 | Tadashi Kitta | 1956 | 3067 |
| 65 | Yoshinori Mizumaki | 1980 | 3082 |
| 66 | Azuma Yano | 2000 | 3085 |
| 67 | Takashi Kamiyama | 2004 | 3105 |
| 68 | Hideki Kase | 1990 | 3136 |
| 69 | Torchy Toda | 1936 | 3205 |
| 70 | Keiichiro Fukabori | 1995 | 3217 |
| 71 | Masahiro Kuramoto | 1981 | 3219 |
| 72 | Toru Taniguchi | 1992 | 3256 |
| 73 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 1989 | 3258 |
| 74 | Katsumasa Miyamoto | 1994 | 3261 |
| 75 | Koumei Oda | 2000 | 3262 |
| 76 | Nobuhito Sato | 1993 | 3263 |
| 77 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 1998 | 3264 |
| 78 | Yusaku Miyazato | 2002 | 3265 |
| 79 | Taichi Teshima | 1993 | 3266 |
| 80 | Toru Suzuki | 1990 | 3268 |
| 81 | Hirofumi Miyase | 1997 | 3274 |
| 82 | Yasuharu Imano | 1996 | 3281 |
| 83 | Hajime Meshiai | 1978 | 3285 |
| 84 | Yuki Inamori | 2014 | 3286 |
| 85 | Michio Matsumura | 2005 | 3287 |
| 86 | Keita Nakajima | 2022 | 3288 |
| 87 | Taiga Semikawa | 2022 | 3289 |
| 88 | Hisayuki Sasaki | 1986 | 3290 |
| 89 | Tomohiro Kondo | 1999 | 3294 |
| 90 | Kaname Yokoo | 1995 | 3299 |
| 91 | Yoshinori Kaneko | 1988 | 3305 |
| 92 | Satoshi Higashi | 1986 | 3316 |
| 93 | Tomoharu Otsuki | 2017 | 3322 |
| 94 | Tomoyo Ikemura | 2015 | 3330 |
| 95 | Shota Akiyoshi | 2012 | 3331 |
| 96 | Tatsunori Nukaga | 2008 | 3333 |
| 97 | Shigeru Nonaka | 1992 | 3335 |
| 98 | Mikumu Horikawa | 1996 | 3338 |
| 99 | Mamo Osanai | 1992 | 3340 |
| 100 | Kiyoshi Murota | 1977 | 3342 |
| 101 | Ryuko Tokimatsu | 2015 | 3350 |
| 102 | Masayuki Kawamura | 1989 | 3353 |
| 103 | Ryosuke Kinoshita | 2013 | 3360 |
| 104 | Yuto Katsuragawa | 2021 | 3361 |
| 105 | Kensei Hirata | 2023 | 3362 |
| 106 | Yuta Kinoshita | 2009 | 3363 |
| 107 | Shinichi Yokota | 1994 | 3364 |
| 108 | Katsunori Kuwabara | 1991 | 3365 |
| 109 | Kodai Ichihara | 2012 | 3366 |
| 110 | Kazuhiro Fukunaga | 1993 | 3374 |
| 111 | Hiroshi Gohda | 1986 | 3375 |
| 112 | Hidemasa Hoshino | 1999 | 3385 |
| 113 | Mitsutaka Kusakabe | 1990 | 3389 |
| 114 | Yoshinori Fujimoto | 2012 | 3394 |
| 115 | Riki Kawamoto | 2021 | 3406 |
| 116 | Jinichiro Kozuma | 2012 | 3408 |
| 117 | Takuya Taniguchi | 2001 | 3409 |
| 118 | Makoto Inoue | 1996 | 3410 |
| 119 | Tatsuhiko Takahashi | 1996 | 3411 |
| 120 | Takashi Kanemoto | 1992 | 3412 |
| 121 | Ryoken Kawagishi | 1990 | 3417 |
| 122 | Tateo Ozaki | 1977 | 3420 |
| 123 | Tatsuhiko Ichihara | 2003 | 3432 |
| 124 | Soushi Tajima | 1998 | 3433 |
| 125 | Yoshinobu Tsukada | 1998 | 3434 |
| 126 | Hideyuki Sato | 1990 | 3435 |
| 127 | Tetsu Nishikawa | 1990 | 3436 |
| 128 | Hidezumi Shirakata | 1988 | 3437 |
| 129 | Shunsuke Sonoda | 2010 | 3443 |
| 130 | Ryuichi Oda | 2002 | 3457 |
| 131 | Katsumune Imai | 1994 | 3463 |
| 132 | Eiji Mizoguchi | 1986 | 3466 |
| 133 | Kazuhiro Takami | 1985 | 3467 |
| 134 | Masanobu Kimura | 1982 | 3468 |
| 135 | Nobuo Serizawa | 1982 | 3469 |
| 136 | Shigenori Mori | 1980 | 3470 |
| 137 | Tsukasa Watanabe | 1981 | 3486 |
| 138 | Tomoyasu Sugiyama | 2021 | 3493 |
| 139 | Yuta Sugiura | 2021 | 3494 |
| 140 | Aguri Iwasaki | 2019 | 3495 |
| 141 | Taichi Nabetani | 2016 | 3498 |
| 142 | Tatsuya Kodai | 2016 | 3499 |
| 143 | Daijiro Izumida | 2012 | 3500 |
| 144 | Shintaro Kai | 2003 | 3505 |
| 145 | Yoshitaka Takeya | 2002 | 3506 |
| 146 | Kiyoshi Miyazato | 2000 | 3508 |
| 147 | Masaya Tomida | 1999 | 3509 |
| 148 | Go Higaki | 1996 | 3510 |
| 149 | Yui Ueda | 1996 | 3511 |
| 150 | Nobuhiro Masuda | 1995 | 3512 |
| 151 | Satoru Hirota | 1995 | 3513 |
| 152 | Yoshikazu Sakamoto | 1994 | 3514 |
| 153 | Toshiaki Odate | 1990 | 3517 |
| 154 | Mitsuo Harada | 1986 | 3518 |
| 155 | Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa | 1985 | 3519 |
| 156 | Tomohiro Maruyama | 1980 | 3520 |
| 157 | Shintaro Kobayashi | 2022 | 3524 |
| 158 | Naoyuki Kataoka | 2021 | 3527 |
| 159 | Kazuma Kobori | 2019 | 3533 |
| 160 | Atomu Shigenaga | 2008 | 3577 |
| 161 | Masatsugu Morofuji | 2007 | 3581 |
| 162 | Yosuke Tsukada | 2007 | 3585 |
| 163 | Koichiro Kawano | 2003 | 3603 |
| 164 | Toyokazu Fujishima | 2003 | 3607 |
| 165 | Hiroo Kawai | 1996 | 3623 |
| 166 | Masatoshi Horikawa | 1996 | 3624 |
| 167 | Jun Kikuchi | 1995 | 3627 |
| 168 | Tatsuya Mitsuhashi | 1995 | 3629 |
| 169 | Nozomi Kawahara | 1994 | 3631 |
| 170 | Masashi Shimada | 1993 | 3633 |
| 171 | Shigemasa Higaki | 1993 | 3634 |
| 172 | Takao Nogami | 1993 | 3636 |
| 173 | Norio Shinozaki | 1991 | 3642 |
| 174 | Shoichi Kuwabara | 1991 | 3643 |
| 175 | Yuji Igarashi | 1990 | 3648 |
| 176 | Seiki Okuda | 1985 | 3654 |
| 177 | Takenori Hiraishi | 1983 | 3656 |
| 178 | Kiyoshi Maita | 1981 | 3657 |
| 179 | Nobumitsu Yuhara | 1980 | 3660 |
| 180 | Pete Izumikawa | 1978 | 3661 |
| 181 | Kazuo Kanayama | 1974 | 3665 |
| 182 | Seiji Ebihara | 1970 | 3979 |
| 183 | Dragon Taki | 1972 | 4041 |
| 184 | Michio Ishii | 1956 | 4054 |
| 185 | Kikuo Arai | 1972 | 4163 |
| 186 | Torakichi Nakamura | 1950 | 4234 |
| 187 | Siesui Chin | 1936 | 4364 |
| 188 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 1972 | 5408 |
| 189 | Kanekichi Nakamura | 1935 | 5446 |
| 190 | Saburo Fujiki | 1981 | 5472 |
| 191 | Masamichi Uehira | 2003 | 5788 |
| 192 | Gohei Sato | 1977 | 5789 |
| 193 | Konosuke Nakazato | 2016 | 5797 |
| 194 | Achi Sato | 2006 | 5818 |
| 195 | Taisuke Kitajima | 1994 | 5821 |
| 196 | Naoki Sekito | 2019 | 5830 |
| 197 | Taihei Sato | 2018 | 5841 |
| 198 | Takashi Ogiso | 2016 | 5855 |
| 199 | Keiichi Kaneko | 2015 | 5856 |
| 200 | Kosuke Hamamoto | 2015 | 5857 |
| 201 | Yujiro Ohori | 2015 | 5860 |
| 202 | Yuki Kono | 2012 | 5873 |
| 203 | Koichi Sugimoto | 2011 | 5874 |
| 204 | Kazuhiro Kida | 2009 | 5878 |
| 205 | Taichiro Kiyota | 2004 | 5887 |
| 206 | Hiroaki Iijima | 2001 | 5891 |
| 207 | Takeshi Kajikawa | 1993 | 5893 |
| 208 | Yukio Noguchi | 1992 | 5894 |
| 209 | Yoshikazu Haku | 2019 | 5918 |
| 210 | Tomohiro Umeyama | 2017 | 5939 |
| 211 | Yu Morimoto | 2015 | 5963 |
| 212 | Yasunobu Fukunaga | 2014 | 5974 |
| 213 | Masaru Takahashi | 2013 | 5983 |
| 214 | Hirohito Koizumi | 2010 | 6008 |
| 215 | Toru Morita | 2009 | 6019 |
| 216 | Hirotaro Naito | 2008 | 6020 |
| 217 | Naomi Ohta | 2007 | 6025 |
| 218 | Keishiro Nakata | 2006 | 6031 |
| 219 | Takaki Ono | 2006 | 6037 |
| 220 | Yosuke Mizobuchi | 2006 | 6038 |
| 221 | Akinori Tani | 2005 | 6039 |
| 222 | Shoichi Ideguchi | 2005 | 6041 |
| 223 | Tomonori Takahashi | 2003 | 6042 |
| 224 | Yudai Maeda | 2003 | 6043 |
| 225 | Masayoshi Yamazoe | 2002 | 6045 |
| 226 | Mitsuhiro Tateyama | 2000 | 6046 |
| 227 | Takeshi Ohyama | 2000 | 6047 |
| 228 | Sushi Ishigaki | 1999 | 6048 |
| 229 | Taku Sugaya | 1999 | 6049 |
| 230 | Tatsuaki Nakamura | 1999 | 6050 |
| 231 | Masakazu Noritake | 1998 | 6051 |
| 232 | Shoichi Yamamoto | 1997 | 6053 |
| 233 | Hitoshi Kato | 1996 | 6054 |
| 234 | Kosaku Makisaka | 1995 | 6055 |
| 235 | Yasunobu Kuramoto | 1995 | 6056 |
| 236 | Yoshikatsu Saito | 1995 | 6057 |
| 237 | Yuzo Oyama | 1993 | 6059 |
| 238 | Hiroshi Ueda | 1992 | 6060 |
| 239 | Naoya Sugiyama | 1992 | 6061 |
| 240 | Minoru Hatsumi | 1991 | 6062 |
| 241 | Toshiaki Nakagawa | 1989 | 6063 |
| 242 | Yoshimi Niizeki | 1976 | 6065 |
| 243 | Chisato Takamiya | 2022 | 6077 |
| 244 | Hiroki Tanaka | 2022 | 6085 |
| 245 | Masayuki Yamashita | 2022 | 6088 |
| 246 | Shota Matsumoto | 2022 | 6092 |
| 247 | Taiko Nishiyama | 2022 | 6094 |
| 248 | Taisei Yamada | 2022 | 6095 |
| 249 | Takuya Higa | 2022 | 6096 |
| 250 | Yuto Soeda | 2022 | 6098 |
| 251 | Akihiro Narutomi | 2021 | 6099 |
| 252 | Ayumi Kawamitsu | 2021 | 6101 |
| 253 | Daisuke Yasumoto | 2021 | 6102 |
| 254 | Junya Kameshiro | 2021 | 6107 |
| 255 | Shingo Ito | 2021 | 6112 |
| 256 | Daichi Sato | 2020 | 6118 |
| 257 | Hideto Kobukuro | 2020 | 6123 |
| 258 | Keisuke Otawa | 2020 | 6125 |
| 259 | Ren Takeuchi | 2020 | 6130 |
| 260 | Ryuichi Oiwa | 2019 | 6161 |
| 261 | Taiga Sugihara | 2019 | 6166 |
| 262 | Keisuke Kondo | 2018 | 6189 |
| 263 | Naoto Takayanagi | 2018 | 6193 |
| 264 | Shinichi Mizuno | 2018 | 6205 |
| 265 | Shohei Hasegawa | 2018 | 6206 |
| 266 | Shoji Kawai | 2018 | 6207 |
| 267 | Taiji Maekawa | 2018 | 6210 |
| 268 | Yutaka Araki | 2018 | 6215 |
| 269 | Daisuke Matsubara | 2017 | 6220 |
| 270 | Terumichi Kakazu | 2017 | 6249 |
| 271 | Yosuke Iwamoto | 2017 | 6254 |
| 272 | Kunihiro Kamii | 2016 | 6264 |
| 273 | Shotaro Wada | 2016 | 6279 |
| 274 | Shunya Takeyasu | 2016 | 6280 |
| 275 | Yuta Kawakami | 2016 | 6286 |
| 276 | Hiroaki Hirai | 2015 | 6296 |
| 277 | Masashi Hidaka | 2015 | 6304 |
| 278 | Katsufumi Okino | 2014 | 6328 |
| 279 | Taigen Tsumagari | 2014 | 6344 |
| 280 | Yuichiro Nishi | 2014 | 6346 |
| 281 | Genki Yanase | 2013 | 6356 |
| 282 | Hiroyuki Nagamatsu | 2013 | 6357 |
| 283 | Masamichi Ito | 2013 | 6362 |
| 284 | Mitsuhiko Hashizume | 2013 | 6364 |
| 285 | Ryuichi Kondo | 2013 | 6371 |
| 286 | Sachio Sugiyama | 2013 | 6372 |
| 287 | Shinji Tomimura | 2013 | 6376 |
| 288 | Akio Sadakata | 2012 | 6380 |
| 289 | Masashi Nishimura | 2012 | 6394 |
| 290 | Hidemichi Haginomori | 2011 | 6412 |
| 291 | Takanobu Kondo | 2011 | 6421 |
| 292 | Taro Hiroi | 2011 | 6422 |
| 293 | Akira Endo | 2010 | 6427 |
| 294 | Masayoshi Nakayama | 2010 | 6441 |
| 295 | Shunta Maeawakura | 2010 | 6448 |
| 296 | Junpei Takayama | 2009 | 6456 |
| 297 | Katsumi Kubo | 2009 | 6457 |
| 298 | Hiro Aoyama | 2008 | 6466 |
| 299 | Kazunori Suzuki | 2007 | 6485 |
| 300 | Masao Nakajima | 2007 | 6487 |
| 301 | Satoshi Tomiyama | 2007 | 6490 |
| 302 | Hirotoshi Shigehara | 2006 | 6496 |
| 303 | Kazuya Omae | 2006 | 6498 |
| 304 | Naruhito Ueda | 2006 | 6501 |
| 305 | Seita Matsumoto | 2006 | 6508 |
| 306 | Shinichi Yamazaki | 2006 | 6509 |
| 307 | Kazuhiro Shimizu | 2005 | 6512 |
| 308 | Tsutomu Higa | 2005 | 6517 |
| 309 | Isao Narukawa | 2004 | 6521 |
| 310 | Masanori Ushiyama | 2004 | 6522 |
| 311 | Toshihiro Aizawa | 2004 | 6524 |
| 312 | Toshio Ozaki | 2004 | 6525 |
| 313 | Yoshiaki Kimura | 2004 | 6526 |
| 314 | Yutaka Horinouchi | 2004 | 6527 |
| 315 | Takuya Ogawa | 2003 | 6533 |
| 316 | Toyokazu Hioki | 2003 | 6534 |
| 317 | Hideki Haraguchi | 2002 | 6538 |
| 318 | Shinji Ikeuchi | 2002 | 6540 |
| 319 | Naotoshi Nakamura | 2001 | 6543 |
| 320 | Yoshiaki Mano | 2001 | 6544 |
| 321 | Hajime Tanaka | 2000 | 6546 |
| 322 | Koichi Nogami | 2000 | 6547 |
| 323 | Naoki Hattori | 2000 | 6548 |
| 324 | Tatsuo Takasaki | 2000 | 6549 |
| 325 | Yukiharu Morita | 2000 | 6550 |
| 326 | Masahiko Akazawa | 1999 | 6551 |
| 327 | Masayuki Inoue | 1999 | 6552 |
| 328 | Yoichi Shimizu | 1999 | 6554 |
| 329 | Kazumasa Sakaitani | 1998 | 6557 |
| 330 | Masayuki Tomita | 1998 | 6558 |
| 331 | Shinsuke Yanagisawa | 1998 | 6559 |
| 332 | Takashi Tsutsumi | 1998 | 6560 |
| 333 | Tetsuya Haraguchi | 1998 | 6561 |
| 334 | Hiroshi Tominaga | 1997 | 6563 |
| 335 | Kunihiko Masuda | 1997 | 6564 |
| 336 | Minoru Kawahara | 1997 | 6566 |
| 337 | Shuichi Sano | 1997 | 6567 |
| 338 | Takanori Hano | 1997 | 6568 |
| 339 | Daisuke Serizawa | 1996 | 6569 |
| 340 | Hitoshi Sasaki | 1996 | 6570 |
| 341 | Masayuki Okano | 1996 | 6571 |
| 342 | Mitsuhiro Watanabe | 1996 | 6572 |
| 343 | Satoshi Ogawa | 1996 | 6573 |
| 344 | Taisei Inagaki | 1996 | 6574 |
| 345 | Toshinori Horiki | 1996 | 6575 |
| 346 | Koji Mitake | 1994 | 6581 |
| 347 | Masami Ito | 1994 | 6582 |
| 348 | Yoshio Fumiyama | 1994 | 6584 |
| 349 | Jun Hattori | 1993 | 6585 |
| 350 | Mitsuyasu Kojima | 1993 | 6586 |
| 351 | Motoi Nakamura | 1992 | 6587 |
| 352 | Hisashi Terada | 1991 | 6588 |
| 353 | Kazunari Matsunaga | 1991 | 6589 |
| 354 | Kazushige Kono | 1991 | 6590 |
| 355 | Osamu Machino | 1991 | 6591 |
| 356 | Satoshi Furuyama | 1991 | 6592 |
| 357 | Takeshi Matsukawa | 1991 | 6593 |
| 358 | Hiroharu Tokito | 1990 | 6594 |
| 359 | Hiromichi Namiki | 1990 | 6595 |
| 360 | Shinichi Arai | 1990 | 6596 |
| 361 | Takaaki Fukuzawa | 1990 | 6597 |
| 362 | Sadao Sakashita | 1989 | 6599 |
| 363 | Tetsuya Tsuda | 1989 | 6600 |
| 364 | Yoshiharu Ota | 1989 | 6601 |
| 365 | Isao Isozaki | 1988 | 6602 |
| 366 | Minoru Kawakami | 1987 | 6603 |
| 367 | Kiyoshi Nomura | 1986 | 6604 |
| 368 | Toshikazu Sugihara | 1986 | 6605 |
| 369 | Isamu Sugita | 1985 | 6607 |
| 370 | Toshimitsu Kai | 1978 | 6609 |
| 371 | Yoshiyuki Isomura | 1977 | 6610 |
| 372 | Motomasa Aoki | 1972 | 6612 |
| 373 | Fujio Kobayashi | 1966 | 6613 |
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