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Tokyo Kyojin
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Yomiuri Giants.
Tokyo Kyojin
In 1936, with the formation of the Japanese Baseball League, the team changed its name to the Tokyo Kyojin, often called the Tokyo Giants in non-Japanese sources. It won eight league championships under that name from 1936 to 1943, including six championships in a row from 1938 to 1943.