Hiroshima Tōyō Carp

The Hiroshima Tōyō Carp ( Japanese 広 島 東洋 カ ー プ , hiroshima tōyō kaapu ) are a Japanese professional baseball team. They play in the Central League , which they have won nine times so far. They have also won the Nihon Series three times so far. (As of May 2019) The Carp's home is Hiroshima , and they play their home games at the Mazda Stadium .

history

Placement of the Carp in the Central League since the League was founded. Blue dots mark victories in the Nippon Series .

The team was founded in 1949.

For the first twenty years of its existence, it was funded by Hiroshima city residents. The team is considered to be the only “urban” professional baseball team in Japan.

On August 6, 2003, the asteroid (44711) Carp, discovered in 1999, was named after the team.

Famous players and managers

• Kōji Yamamoto
• Sachio Kinugasa
• Yoshihiko Takahashi
• Manabu Kitabeppu
• Yutaka Ōno
• Kazuhisa Kawaguchi
• Tsunemi Tsuda
• Takehiko Kobayakawa
• Kōzō Shōda
• Kenjirō Nomura
• Kōichi Ogata
• Akira Etō
• Tomonori Maeda
• Tomoaki Kanemoto
• Hiroki Kuroda

Stadion

Mazda Stadium

The home stadium of the Carp has been the Mazda Stadium since 2009 .

Web links

Commons : Hiroshima Toyo Carp  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data on the asteroid (44711) Carp (English)