The Chunichi Dragons are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan") region of Japan. The team is in the Central League. The Chunichi Dragons have won the Central League pennant seven times (including 2006), and won the Japan Series in 1954. In. . . more
The Yomiuri Giants are one of the popular Central League baseball teams based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team is often called the "Tokyo Giants" in the American press, but like the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes, the team is officially known by the name of its corporate owner. . . more
The Hanshin Tigers are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hansin Tigers directly. It is the sister team of the American. . . more
The Chiba Lotte Marinesare a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League. History The Chiba Lotte Marines began their franchise in 1950, with the birth of the Pacific League. The Marines were then known as the Mainichi Orions and won the inaugural Japan Series in 1950. In 1958, they became. . . more
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team was bought on January 28, 2005 by SoftBank Corporation. It was formerly known as Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters. . . more
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by Matsuda Hajime. Mazda is the largest single shareholder (34.2%), which is less than the portion owned by the Matsuda family (about 60%). Because of that,. . . more
The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League. They take their name from the major shareholding company's name "Nippon Ham", which is a corporate name of Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.. Until 2003, the Fighters were one of three teams calling Tokyo their. . . more
The Orix Buffaloes are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka and Kobe, Japan. They play in the Pacific League. The team is owned by the Orix Group, a leading diversified financial services company based in Tokyo. The team was formed after the 2004 NPB season by the merger of the Orix. . . more
The Seibu Lions are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League and are owned by Seibu Railway. However, recently, the team has stood on shaky financial ground, a standing that may be remedied now that the Lions' superstar pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has signed with the Boston Red Sox.. . . more
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are a baseball team founded in 2004 to begin play in 2005 in the Japanese Pacific League. The team was created to fill the void left by the merger of the Orix Blue Wave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes, who merged at the end of the 2004 season due to financial. . . more
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, the Yakult Corporation. From 1950 to 1965, the company was owned by the former Japan National Railways (known as "Kokutetsu (国鉄)" in Japanese) and called. . . more
The Yokohama BayStarsare a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is the Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The clubhouse is located near the stadium. The team mascot is Hossy, the character with the star-shaped head seen on the team logo. The minor. . . more
