Career
He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1994 to 2005 and the Yomiuri Giants from 2006 to 2007. He was the Central League Most Valuable Player in 1999 after going 19-7 with a 2.65 earned run average. Noguchi also played Minor League Baseball in 1994 in the Colorado Rockies organization.
In 2009 he signed a minor league deal with the Toronto Blue Jays but was released after failing a physical.
