He also played for the Yomiuri Giants, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball from 1997 to 2005.

In 2008, he came to the United States to play in the independent Northern League with the Gary SouthShore RailCats.

[1] Gary manager Greg Tagert later told the Chicago Tribune that Misawa "was the absolute best I’ve ever seen coming out the bullpen at our level.

In 2009, he played his final professional season with the Long Beach Armada of the Golden Baseball League.

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