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team in the Shikoku Island League Plus of

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. Established in 2005, the Fighting Dogs play their home games mainly at Kōchi Stadium in Kōchi city of Kōchi Prefecture. The Dogs were the winners of the League's inaugural 2005 season. They won the 2009 season title by beating Nagasaki Saints in the Island League playoff.

Notable players

* Manny Ramirez * Lars Anderson * Hideki Irabu * Frédéric Hanvi *Dioni Soriano * Katsuya Kakunaka *Takeshi Yamamoto

External links

Kōchi Fighting Dogs
(in Japanese) Baseball teams in Japan Baseball teams established in 2005 Sports clubs and teams in Kōchi Prefecture 2005 establishments in Japan Shikoku Island League Plus teams {{Japan-baseball-team-stub