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Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Yomiuri Giants — Nippon Baseball League

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

VS

09:00:00

Mazda Stadium Hiroshima

Yomiuri Giants

Yomiuri Giants

Match Facts

  • Venue: Mazda Stadium Hiroshima
  • Hiroshima Toyo Carp home ground: Mazda Stadium Hiroshima
  • Yomiuri Giants stadium: Tokyo Dome
  • Hiroshima Toyo Carp founded 1949
  • Yomiuri Giants founded 1934
  • League country: Japan

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Nippon Baseball League

Stadium
Mazda Stadium Hiroshima
Founded
1949
Country
Japan
Location
Hiroshima

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp are a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by Hajime Matsuda, who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda. Mazda is the largest single shareholder (34.2%), which is less than the portion owned by the Matsuda family (about 60%). Because of that, Mazda is not considered the owner firm. However, the company connection is highlighted in the club name; until 1984, Mazda's official name was Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. The team joined...

Official Kits

Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1st kit

1st · 2021

Yomiuri Giants

Nippon Baseball League

Stadium
Tokyo Dome
Founded
1934
Country
Japan
Location
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

The Yomiuri Giants are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The team's owner is the Yomiuri Group, a media conglomerate which includes two newspapers and a television network. The Giants are the oldest team among the current Japanese professional teams. Their main rivalry is with the Hanshin Tigers, a team especially popular in the Kansai region. The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as "The New York Yankees of Japan" due to their widesprea...

Official Kits

Yomiuri Giants 1st kit

1st · 2021

Nippon Baseball League

Nippon Professional Baseball (日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球), meaning Professional Baseball. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" (大日本東京野球倶楽部, Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu) in Tokyo, founded in 1934, and the original circuit...