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Japan also won the 2009 World Baseball Classic, hosting the Pool A games in the Tokyo Dome. Japan started the tournament opener with a 4–0 win over China. Japan then secured advancement into the second round with a 14–2 win in seven innings over arch-rival South Korea. The game was shortened due to the WBC's mercy rule.
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū ( プロ野球 ) , meaning simply Professional Baseball ; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".
Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. [1] [2] The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s.The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, with six teams in each league. [3]
The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 and the 90th anniversary of the founding of professional baseball in Japan. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.
First squad: Second squad: Pitchers. 00 Javy Guerra; 13 Suguru Iwazaki; 14 Yuta Iwasada; 15 Junya Nishi; 16 Yuki Nishi; 17 Koyo Aoyagi; 27 Masashi Itoh; 35 Hiroto Saiki; 36 Masumi Hamachi; 37 Masaki Oyokawa
Professional baseball in Japan first started in the 1920s, but it was not until the Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club (大日本東京野球倶楽部, Dai-nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu) was established in 1934 that the modern professional game had continued success.
The Japan Series uses a 2–3–3-3 format, with the latter four games in theory if additional games are needed following tiebreakers. The home team for games 1, 2 and eventually 6 and 7, alternates between the two leagues with the Pacific League having the advantage on the years ending with an odd number and the Central League on the years ...
Japan Rugby League One Division 2. Hino Red Dolphins; Kamaishi Seawaves; Mie Honda Heat; Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks; Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu; Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi; Japan Rugby League One Division 3. Chugoku Red Regulions; Kurita Water Gush Akishima; Kyuden Voltex (without city/prefecture in the name) NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes ...