Tokyo Yakult Swallows
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| League | Central League | ||||
| Location | Tokyo | ||||
| Ballpark | Meiji Jingu Stadium | ||||
| Year Founded | 1950 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Yakult (ヤクルト), Swallows (スワローズ), Tsubame (燕, meaning swallows) |
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| League championships | 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 | ||||
| Post-season championships | 1978, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 | ||||
| Former name(s) | Kokutetsu Swallows (1950–1965), Sankei Swallows (1965), Sankei Atoms (1966–1968), Atoms (1969), Yakult Atoms (1970–1973), Yakult Swallows (1974–2005) |
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| Colors | White, Red and Navy | ||||
| Logo Design | "Tokyo Yakult Swallows" written in red and navy | ||||
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The Tokyo Yakult Swallows (東京ヤクルトスワローズ Tōkyō Yakuruto Suwarōzu) is 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 team was owned by the former Japanese National Railways (known as Kokutetsu (国鉄) in Japanese) and called the Kokutetsu Swallows; the team was then owned by the newspaper Sankei Shimbun from 1965 to 1968 and called the Sankei Atoms. Yakult purchased the team in 1970 and restored its original Swallows name in 1974. Then it was renamed the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2006.
[edit] Current roster
Manager and Head Coach
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Junji Ogawa (小川 淳司)
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[edit] MLB Players
Active:
- Akinori Iwamura (2007–)
- Ryota Igarashi (2010–)
Retired:
- Masato Yoshii (1998–2002)
- Kazuhisa Ishii(2002–2005)
- Shingo Takatsu(2004–2005),(2008),(2009)
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
- (Japanese) Tokyo Yakult Swallows official web site
- English-language site covering the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
| Preceded by Sadaharu Oh |
Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize Winner 1978 |
Succeeded by Yoko Gushiken |
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