Tohto University Baseball League (東都大学野球連盟, Tōto daigaku yakyū renmei) is an intercollegiate baseball league that features 21 prominent universities in the Tokyo area.
Game
History
Tohto University Baseball League was established in 1930. The league title team has recorded 21 championships in All Japan University Baseball Championship Series. It is the most championships in the university baseball league in Japan.
Members (Autumn 2014)
Division 1
Aoyama Gakuin University
is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin Universit ...
*Affiliation:1951
*League Championships in Division1: 12
*All-Time Record in Division1: 429-382-27
*Last Championship: Spring 2006
Asia University
*Affiliation:1959
*League Championships in Division1: 23
*All-Time Record in Division1: 653-535-33
*Last Championship: Spring 2014
Chuo University
, commonly referred to as or , is a private flagship research university in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1885 as Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (the English Law School), Chuo is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in the country. The univer ...
*Affiliation:1930
*League Championships in Division1: 24
*All-Time Record in Division1: 789-622-64
*Last Championship: Autumn 2004
Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University (國學院大學; ''Kokugakuin Daigaku'', abbreviated as 國學大 ''Kokugakudai'' or 國大 ''Kokudai'') is a private university, whose main office is in Tokyo's Shibuya district. The academic programs and research include ...
*Affiliation:1930
*League Championships in Division1: 1
*All-Time Record in Division1: 182-341-12
*Last Championship: Autumn 2010
Komazawa University
, abbreviated as 駒大 ''Komadai'', is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist trad ...
*Affiliation:1948
*League Championships in Division1: 26
*All-Time Record in Division1: 815-692-51
*Last Championship: Autumn 2001
Takushoku University
Takushoku University (拓殖 大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913).
*Affiliation:1949
*League Championships in Division1: 0
*All-Time Record in Division1: 14-11-0
Division 2
Kokushikan University
is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 20 ...
*Affiliation:1959
*League Championships in Division1: 1
*All-Time Record in Division1: 62-130-7
*Last Championship: Autumn 1979
Nihon University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...
*Affiliation:1930
*League Championships in Division1: 22
*All-Time Record in Division1: 757-673-52
*Last Championship: Spring 2004
Rissho University
, one of the oldest universities in Japan, was founded in 1580, when a seminary was established as a learning center for young monks of the Nichiren shu.
The university's name came from the Rissho Ankoku Ron, a thesis written by Nichiren, a prom ...
*Affiliation:1959
*League Championships in Division1: 1
*All-Time Record in Division1: 76-130-4
*Last Championship: Autumn 2009
Senshu University
is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Campuses
*Kanda, Tokyo, Kanda Campus (Main campus): 3-8 Kandajimbo-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-8425
:The Kanda Campus is situated in Jimbocho, a college community in central Tokyo. This urban ca ...
*Affiliation:1930
*League Championships in Division1: 31
*All-Time Record in Division1: 699-498-38
*Last Championship: Spring 1989
Tokyo University of Agriculture
The , abbreviated as Nodai (農大, ''nōdai'') or Tokyo nodai (東京農大, ''Tōkyō nōdai''), is a private university of agriculture in Japan.
There are three campuses: Setagaya, Atsugi, and Okhotsk (Abashiri).
Outline
Tokyo University ...
*Affiliation:1930
*League Championships in Division1: 0
*All-Time Record in Division1: 124-355-10
Toyo University
is a university with several branches in Japan, including Hakusan, Asaka, Kawagoe, Itakura, and Akabane.
Overview
The predecessor to Toyo University was , which was founded at Rinsho-in Temple by Enryo Inoue in 1887. Inoue felt that the ...
*Affiliation:1940
*League Championships in Division1: 16
*All-Time Record in Division1: 557-557-27
*Last Championship: Spring 2011
Division 3
Gakushuin University
is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as an affiliate of the Gakushūin School Corporation. The privatized successor to the original Gakushūin University (or "Peers School") was estab ...
*Affiliation:1950
*League Championships in Division1:1
*All-Time Record in Division1: 66-131-11
*Last Championship: Autumn 1958
Juntendo University
is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the School of Health and Sports Science. The university was established in 1838 for medical and in 1946 f ...
*Affiliation:1958
*League Championships in Division1:0
Seikei University
is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.
Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as on ...
*Affiliation:1951
*League Championships in Division1:0
Shibaura Institute of Technology
The , abbreviated as , is a private university of Technology in Japan, with campuses located in Tokyo and Saitama. Established in 1927 as the Tokyo Higher School of Industry and Commerce, it was chartered as a university in 1949.
The Shibaura I ...
*Affiliation:1951
*League Championships in Division1:3
*All-Time Record in Division1: 145-174-11
*Last Championship: Spring 1970
Sophia University
Sophia University (Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private research university in Japan. Sophia is one of the three ''Sōkeijōchi'' (早慶上智) private universities, a group of the to ...
*Affiliation:1940
*League Championships in Division1:0
Taisho University
is a private university in Nishi-sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1885, and it was chartered as a university in 1926.
Its school precepts are based on the Tendai school of Buddhism. The concept for t ...
*Affiliation:1948
*League Championships in Division1:0
Division 4
Hitotsubashi University
is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social sciences ...
*Affiliation:1935
*League Championships in Division1:0
*All-Time Record in Division1: 17-95-2
Tokyo City University
, often called or TCU for short, is an engineering, environmental and information sciences focused private university located in Tokyo, Japan.
The university has four campuses, the Setagaya campus close to the Tama River at Oyamadai, Setagay ...
*Affiliation:1951
*League Championships in Division1:0
Tokyo Institute of Technology
is a national research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology, one of first five Designated National University and selected as ...
*Affiliation:1946
*League Championships in Division1:0
*All-Time Record in Division1: 13-49-0
Notable alumni
Aoyama Gakuin University
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Tadahito Iguchi
, nicknamed "Gucci", is a Japanese served professional baseball second baseman and from manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
As a member of the Chicago White Sox in 2005, Iguchi became the first Japanese-bor ...
(1997-
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
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Chicago White Sox
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Tokitaka Minamibuchi (1990–2000
Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
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Chunichi Dragons
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Orix Bluewave
, styled as ORIX, is a Japanese diversified financial services group headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, and Osaka, Japan.
ORIX offers leasing, lending, rentals, life insurance, real estate financing and development, venture capital, investment an ...
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Tomochika Tsuboi
Tomochika Tsuboi ( ja, 坪井 智哉, born February 19, 1974, in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese baseball outfielder. He previously played in the NPB for 13 seasons, starting in 1998. His professional career started with the Hanshin Tigers, ...
(1998-
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
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Nippon Ham Fighters
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Hidetaka Kawagoe
Hidetaka Kawagoe (川越 英隆, born April 8, 1973), nicknamed "Goe", is a former Nippon Professional Baseball
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Outside Japa ...
(1999- Orix Bluewave,
Orix Buffaloes
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Hiroki Kokubo
is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder, and current the second squad manager for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
He previously played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the Yomi ...
(1994-
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
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The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
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Yomiuri Giants
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
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The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
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Hiroshi Narahara
is a former Japanese professional baseball player and currently second squad manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Seibu Lions, Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-H ...
(1990–2006
Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
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Nippon Ham Fighters
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Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
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Hiroshi Ogawa (1985–1992
Lotte Orions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
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Yosuke Takasu (1998-
Kintetsu Buffaloes
The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stad ...
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Rakuten Eagles)
Asia University
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Daijiro Oishi
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix B ...
(1981–1997
Kintetsu Buffaloes
The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stad ...
、2008–2009 Manager of
Orix BlueWave
, styled as ORIX, is a Japanese diversified financial services group headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, and Osaka, Japan.
ORIX offers leasing, lending, rentals, life insurance, real estate financing and development, venture capital, investment an ...
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Hideo Koike (1993–2005
Kintetsu Buffaloes
The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stad ...
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Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
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Hideyuki Awano (1987–2000
Kintetsu Buffaloes
The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stad ...
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Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
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Yokohama BayStars
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Hirokazu Ibata
Hirokazu Ibata (Japanese:井端 弘和, born May 12, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball player in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Baseball career
Ibata played second base for the Yomiuri Giants and short stop for the C ...
(1998-
Chunichi Dragons
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Norihiro Akahoshi
is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player from Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers.
Akahoshi announced his retirement on December 9, 2009. During the 2009 season, he was first deactivated in early Jul ...
(2001-
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
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Shingo Takatsu
Shingo Takatsu (高津 臣吾, ''Takatsu Shingo'') (born November 25, 1968) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and manager. He had a short stint with the Chicago White Sox where he was the closer for two seasons until struggles closing ...
(1991-
Yakult Swallows
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Chicago White Sox
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Tokyo Yakult Swallows
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Tetsuro Kawajiri (1995–2005
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
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Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stadi ...
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Tsuyoshi Yoda
is a Japanese professional baseball player and manager. He managed of the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) between 2019 and 2021.
Although born in Fukuoka prefecture, Yoda grew up in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture. His wife is ...
(1990–2000
Chunichi Dragons
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Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
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Nippon Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a ...
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Yusaku Iriki
is a Japanese former baseball pitcher.
His elder brother Satoshi was also a former professional baseball player.
Biography
Iriki attended the Perfect Liberty High School and Asia University (Japan) before joining the Honda amateur baseball t ...
(1997–2008
Yomiuri Giants
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Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
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Yutaka Ohashi (1969–1982
Toei Flyers
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Hankyu Braves
The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur ...
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Chuo University
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Yoshio Anabuki
was a Japanese baseball player and former manager of the Nankai Hawks
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(1956–1968
Nankai Hawks
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
、1983–1985 Manager of Nankai Hawks)
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Shiro Mizunuma (1969–1983
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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Chunichi Dragons
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Shiro Takegami (1967–1975
Sankei Atoms
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、1980–1984 Manager of Yakult Swallows)
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Toshimitsu Suetsugu
is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Yomiuri Giants
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(1965–1977
Yomiuri Giants
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Yutaka Takagi
is a professional Japanese baseball player.
Family
He has three sons of the football player.
His eldest son Toshiyuki is playing in Cerezo Osaka, Yoshiaki are currently playing in Albirex Niigata, and his third son Daisuke is playing in Ga ...
(1981–1994
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
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Nippon Ham Fighters
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Junji Ogawa
was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Yakult Swallows and Nippon-Ham Fighters
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(1982–1994
Yakult Swallows
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、2011- Manager of
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
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Shinnosuke Abe
is a Japanese former professional baseball player who spent his entire 19-year career with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants, serving as the team's captain from 2007 to 2014. He has twice been named the MVP of the Nippon Professional ...
(2001-
Yomiuri Giants
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Yoshiyuki Kamei
was a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives of Japan representing Kanagawa Prefecture.
Biography
Yoshiyuki Kamei was born on 30 April 1936. He graduated from Keio University in 1962.
He was Ministry of Agricultu ...
(2005-
Yomiuri Giants
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Yushi Aida
is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants
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(2006-
Yomiuri Giants
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Hirokazu Sawamura
is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in NPB for the Yomiuri Giants and the Marines, and has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston ...
(2011-
Yomiuri Giants
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Hitotsubashi University
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Takashi Kawamura (politician)
Kokugakuin University
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Shunsuke Watanabe
is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.
His submarine pitching form was noted during the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
Amateur career
Watanabe began baseball at age 6, and began throwing underhanded during middle school at the sugge ...
(2001-
Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
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Kokushikan University
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Hiroshi Nagadomi
is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.
Possible writings
Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*浩, "meaning"
*汎
*弘,
*宏,
*寛,
*洋,
*博,
*博一,
*博司,
...
(1986–2005
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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Nippon Ham Fighters
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Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
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Shigeyuki Furuki
is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. Before playing for the Giants he was a member of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
When he comes to bat, his fans often sing a cheer that goes t ...
(2002-
Nippon Ham Fighters
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Yomiuri Giants
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Komazawa University
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Akihiko Ohya
Akihiko Ohya (大矢 明彦 ''Ōya Akihiko'', born December 20, 1947) is a former Japanese baseball player and manager. He was the manager of the Yokohama BayStars baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball
or NPB is the highest l ...
(1970–1985
Yakult Swallows
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Yom ...
、1996–1997,2007 Manager of
Yokohama BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...
)
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Hisanori Takahashi
is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He began his professional career in NPB with the Yomiuri Giants, and played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cub ...
(2000-
Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
)
*
Hiromichi Ishige
Hiromichi Ishige (石毛 宏典, born September 22, 1956) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and manager in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played most of his career for the Seibu Lions.
The 1986 Pacific League Most Va ...
(1981–1996
Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
)
*
Kenjiro Nomura Kenjiro Nomura may refer to:
* Kenjiro Nomura (baseball)
* Kenjiro Nomura (artist)
Kenjiro Nomura (1896–1956) was a Japanese American painter. Immigrating to the United States from Japan as a boy, he became a well-known artist in the Pacific Nor ...
(1989–2006
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...
、2010- Manager of Hiroshima Toyo Carp)
*
Koichi Sekikawa (1991–2007
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
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Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
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Rakuten Eagles)
*
Kiyoshi Nakahata
is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Yomiuri Giants (1976–1989).
He managed the Yokohama DeNA BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is ...
(1977–1989
Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
)
*
Takahiro Arai
Takahiro Arai (Japanese: 新井 貴浩, born January 30, 1977 in Naka-ku, Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
His younger brother Ryota Arai, Ryota is also a p ...
(1999-
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...
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Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
)
*
Tsuyoshi Oshita
Tsuyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Tsuyoshi can be written using different kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*剛, "sturdy"
*剛史, "sturdy, history"
*剛志, "sturdy, will"
*剛士, "sturdy, gentleman/samura ...
(1967–1978
Nippon Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a ...
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Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...
)
Nihon University
*
Eiji Ochiai (1992–2006
Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
)
*
Hirotoshi Kitagawa (1995-
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
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Kintetsu Buffaloes
The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stad ...
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Orix Buffaloes
The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur ...
)
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Kenjiro Tamiya
was a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player and manager. In his first few years as a major league player, Tamiya was utilized as a pitcher and first baseman, but in the prime of his career, he was an outfielder. He was inducted into ...
(1949–1963
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
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Mainichi Orions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
)
*
Mitsuru Manaka
Mitsuru Manaka (真中 満, born January 6, 1971, in Ōtawara, Tochigi, Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Tochigi, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. On October 8, 2014, he was named manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, repla ...
(1993–2008
Yakult Swallows
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Yom ...
)
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Naoyuki Shimizu
, nicknamed "Nao", is a former professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Career
He attended Hōtoku Gakuen High School. He joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Sum ...
(2000-
Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
)
*
Shuichi Murata
is a third baseman for the Tochigi Golden Braves of Baseball Challenge League.
Murata led the Central League in home runs in both and and is one of the few pure home run hitters in Japanese professional baseball today. He played in the 2008 ...
(2003-
Yokohama BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...
)
*
Takehiko Bessho
, born , was a Japanese baseball player whose professional career as a player lasted from 1942 until 1960. Bessho first achieved fame as a pitcher in Japanese professional baseball; later, he served as a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) manage ...
(1942–1961
Nankai Hawks
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
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Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
)
*
Yoshinori Sato
is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Early life
Sato was born in Sendai, the capital cit ...
(1977–1998 Hankyu Braves,
Orix BlueWave
, styled as ORIX, is a Japanese diversified financial services group headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, and Osaka, Japan.
ORIX offers leasing, lending, rentals, life insurance, real estate financing and development, venture capital, investment an ...
)
*
Yukinori Miyata (1962–1969
Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
)
*
Yutaka Wada
is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi
is the forme ...
(1985–2002
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
)
Rissho University
*
Fumiya Nishiguchi
, (born September 26, 1972) is a Japanese baseball player. He is a right-handed pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball for the Saitama Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo i ...
(1995-
Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
)
Senshu University
*
Hiroki Kuroda
is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 1997 to 2007 before playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2008 to 2011 and ...
(1997-
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...
)
*
Kento Sugiyama
is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan. He played for the Seibu Lions, Hanshin Tigers, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, and Yokohama BayStars during his 10-year career in the Japanese professional leagues.
Sugi ...
(1993–2001
Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
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Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
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Yokohama BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...
)
*
Takayoshi Nakao
Takayoshi Nakao (中尾 孝義, ''Nakao Takayoshi'', born February 16, 1956, in Hyogo Prefecture) is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He was a catcher. In 1982, he was the MVP of the Central League
The or is one of the two pr ...
(1981–1993
Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
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Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
etc.)
*
Takeshi Koba
was a professional baseball player and manager in Japan, and the manager of Tokyo International University's baseball team.
Early life
Because baseball was popular in the city, Koba started playing it when he was in primary school. Soon he drea ...
(1958–1971
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...
etc、1975–1985 Manager of Hiroshima Toyo Carp、1987–1989 Manager of
Taiyo Whales
The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its current ...
)
*
Yoichi Okabayashi Yoichi may refer to:
*Yōichi, Japanese given name
*, district in Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
*, town in Yoichi District
*, a Japanese whisky distillery in the town
*, train station in Yoichi District
* also Yoichi is a masculine Japane ...
(1991–2000
Yakult Swallows
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Yom ...
)
Shibaura Institute of Technology
*
Haruki Ihara
was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Nishitetsu Lions, and continued his entire career with them.
From 2002 to 2003, he was the manager of the Seibu Lions, as well as the Orix BlueWave
, styled as ORIX, is a ...
(1971–1980
Nishitetsu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
etc、2002–2003 Manager of Seibu Lions、2004 Manager of
Orix BlueWave
, styled as ORIX, is a Japanese diversified financial services group headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, and Osaka, Japan.
ORIX offers leasing, lending, rentals, life insurance, real estate financing and development, venture capital, investment an ...
)
Takushoku University
*
Ken Takahashi
is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in – and the New York Mets in . He returned to the Carp in 2010.
Takahashi was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. On February 6, 2009, Takahashi declared ...
(1995-
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...
)
Tokyo University of Agriculture
*
Shinsaku Katahira (1972–1989
Nankai Hawks
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
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Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
etc.)
*
Takehiro Hashimoto
Takehiro (written: , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese actor
*Takehiro Honda (born 1945), Japanese jazz pianist
*, Jap ...
(1990–2003
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...
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Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
etc.)
*
Tsuneki Watanabe (2005-
Rakuten Eagles)
Toyo University
*
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Hiromitsu Ochiai (落合 博満 ''Ochiai Hiromitsu'', born December 9, 1953) is a Japanese professional baseball manager and former player. He is former manager of the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He is considered to b ...
(1979–1998
Lotte Orions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
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Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
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Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
→
Nippon Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a ...
、2004- Manager of Chunichi Dragons)
*
Mitsuo Tatsukawa
is a former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher
Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the ( home) umpire, and receives the ball from t ...
(1978–1992
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...
、1999–2000 Manager of Hiroshima Toyo Carp)
*
Makoto Imaoka
Makoto Imaoka (今岡 誠, born September 11, 1974), nicknamed "Makochan", is a former Japanese professional baseball player from Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan.
Career
Imaoka spent several uneventful seasons in the Japanese professional leagues befo ...
(1997-
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
)
*
Shinjiro Hiyama
is a Korean baseball player from Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. He plays as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League.
Biography
A second-generation Zainichi Korean, Hiyama graduated from Heian High School and entered Toyo University ...
(1992-
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
)
*
Shinobu Fukuhara
is a retired Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, H ...
(1999-
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...
)
*
Takayuki Shimizu (1996-
Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
→2005-
Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
)
*
Toru Nimura (1984–1997
Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
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Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
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