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The Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース, Hanshin Taigāsu) are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, next to their main stadium, Hanshin Koshien Stadium. The Tigers are owned by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.
Hanshin Koshien Stadium (阪神甲子園球場, Hanshin Kōshien Kyūjō), commonly referred to as simply Koshien Stadium, is a baseball park located near Kobe in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built to host the national high school baseball tournaments, and opened on 1 August 1924. It was the largest stadium in Asia at ...
A team with ties to the ethnic Korean community for the first time has won Japan's famous high school baseball tournament, known as the "Koshien." Kyoto International High School on Friday won the ...
The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and Mainichi Shimbun, takes place each year in March at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. Teams qualify for the tournament by participating in the regional fall tournaments held throughout the country.
The Hanshin Tigers, the previous season's CL Japan Series winner, started the season slow and found themselves in fourth at the season's midpoint. At various points, Shota Morishita, Yusuke Oyama and Teruaki Sato were all removed from the active roster to spend time working on their hitting with the Hanshin's farm team. Batting improved in the ...
Masashi Itō (伊藤 将司, Itō, Masashi, born May 8, 1996 in Yokoshibahikari, Chiba) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball.
The final stage will be a best-of-six with the Hanshin Tigers, the Central League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, the winner of the first stage. The Tigers advanced to the 2023 Japan Series to compete against the Orix Buffaloes, the 2023 Pacific League Climax Series winner.
The Kobe stadium is occasionally used when the Osaka Dome hosts Hanshin Tigers games, due to their home field, Koshien Stadium, being used for the Spring Koshien and Summer Koshien baseball tournaments.