Tokyo Yakult Swallows 379649 220766552 2008-06-21T13:52:29Z Catastropher 3254692 /* Current roster */ {{Infobox baseball team| Name=Tokyo Yakult Swallows| League=[[Central League]]| Location=[[Tokyo]]| Logo=[[Image:Tokyoyakultswallows.gif]]| Founded=[[1950 in baseball|1950]]| FormerNames=Kokutetsu Swallows ([[1950]]-[[1965]]), Sankei Swallows ([[1965]]), Sankei Atoms ([[1966]]-[[1968]]), Atoms ([[1969]]), Yakult Atoms ([[1970]]-[[1973]]), Yakult Swallows ([[1974]]-[[2005]])| Stadium=[[Meiji-Jingu Stadium]]| Colors=White, Red and Navy| LogoDesign="Tokyo Yakult Swallows" written in red and navy| Nickname=''[[Yakult]]'' (ヤクルト), ''Swallows'' (スワローズ), ''Tsubame'' (燕, meaning [[swallow]]s)| LeagueChamps=[[1978]], [[1992]], [[1993]], [[1995]], [[1997]], [[2001]]| SeriesName=[[Japan Series]]| SeriesChamps=[[1978]], [[1993]], [[1995]], [[1997]], [[2001]]| h_title=Home | h_cap=101042| h_leftarm=FFFFFF| h_pattern_la=_drkredhoop| h_body=FFFFFF| h_pattern_b=| h_rightarm=FFFFFF| h_pattern_ra=_drkredhoop| h_pants=FFFFFF| h_pattern_pants=| h_socks=101042| a_cap=101042| a_leftarm=101042| a_pattern_la=_drkredhoop| a_body=101042| a_pattern_b=| a_rightarm=101042| a_pattern_ra=_drkredhoop| a_pants=FFFFFF| a_socks=101042| }} {{nihongo|The '''Tokyo Yakult Swallows'''|東京ヤクルトスワローズ|Tōkyō Yakuruto Suwarōzu|}} are 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. Famous players of the '''Tokyo Yakult Swallows''' past and present include [[Masaichi Kaneda]], [[Kazushige Nagashima]], [[Johnny Ray]], [[Dave Roberts]], [[Tsutomu Wakamatsu]], [[Hiromi Matsuoka]], [[Charlie Manuel]], [[Bob Horner]], [[Jack Howell]], [[Tom O'Malley]], [[Terry Bross]], [[Joe Pepitone]], [[Masato Yoshii]], [[Kazuhisa Ishii]], [[Shingo Takatsu]], [[Atsuya Furuta]], [[Leon Lee]] (father of [[Derrek Lee]]), [[Doug DeCinces]], [[Masato Yoshii]], [[Rex Hudler]], [[Larry Parrish]], [[Bill Madlock]], [[Takehiro Ikeyama]], [[Aaron Guiel]], and [[Akinori Iwamura]]. ==Current roster== {| |valign="top"| '''Pitchers''' *{{player|11|JPN|[[Yoshinori Sato]]}}(佐藤 由規) *{{player|12|KOR|[[Lim Chang-Yong]]}}(林 昌勇) *{{player|13|JPN|[[Masaru Satoh]]}}(佐籐 賢) *{{player|14|JPN|[[Shun Takaichi]]}}(高市 俊) *{{player|15|JPN|[[Kyohei Muranaka]]}}(村中 恭兵) *{{player|16|JPN|[[Mikinori Kato]]}}(加藤 幹典) *{{player|17|JPN|[[Ryo Kawashima]]}}(川島 亮) *{{player|19|JPN|[[Masanori Ishikawa]]}}(石川 雅規) *{{player|20|JPN|[[Yuya Kamada]]}}(鎌田 祐哉) *{{player|21|JPN|[[Kenichi Matsuoka]]}}(松岡 健一) *{{player|22|JPN|[[Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi]]}}(増渕 竜義) *{{player|24|JPN|[[Masato Hanada]]}}(花田 真人) *{{player|25|JPN|[[Shohei Tateyama]]}}(館山 昌平) *{{player|26|JPN|[[Hidehiro Okamoto]]}}(岡本 秀寛) *{{player|30|JPN|[[Satoshi Nishizaki]]}}(西崎 聡) *{{player|34|USA|[[Danny Rios]]}}(リオス) *{{player|35|JPN|[[Yoshitaka Hashimoto]]}}(橋本 義隆) *{{player|41|JPN|[[Yuhei Takai]]}}(高井 雄平) *{{player|42|JPN|[[Masao Kida]]}}(木田 優夫) *{{player|44|JPN|[[Kosuke Matsui]]}}(松井 光介) *{{player|47|JPN|[[Masataka Endo]]}}(遠藤 政隆) *{{player|48|JPN|[[Jun Hagiwara]]}}(萩原 淳) *{{player|52|JPN|[[Hidenori Ito]]}}(伊藤 秀範) *{{player|53|JPN|[[Ryota Igarashi]]}}(五十嵐 亮太) *{{player|57|JPN|[[Takashi Maruyama]]}}(丸山 貴史) *{{player|58|JPN|[[Hiromitsu Takagi]]}}(高木 啓充) *{{player|61|JPN|[[Hirotoshi Ishii]]}}(石井 弘寿) *{{player|62|JPN|[[Masahiro Yoshikawa]]}}(吉川 昌宏) *{{player|63|JPN|[[Hitoshi Yamamoto]]}}(山本 斉) *{{player|65|JPN|[[Takehiko Oshimoto]]}}(押本 健彦) *{{player|66|JPN|[[Hiroki Yamada]]}}(山田 弘喜) *{{player|68|JPN|[[Kojiro Uehara]]}}(上原 厚治郎) *{{player|70|JPN|[[Ryu Kawabata]]}}(河端 龍) *{{player|78|PRI|[[Dicky Gonzalez]]}}(ゴンザレス) '''Catchers''' *{{player|28|JPN|[[Ryohei Kawamoto]]}}(川本 良平) *{{player|32|JPN|[[Kosei Ono]]}}(小野 公誠) *{{player|37|JPN|[[Masakazu Fukukawa]]}}(福川 将和) *{{player|38|JPN|[[Atsuhi Kinugawa]]}}(衣川 篤史) *{{player|51|JPN|[[Tomohito Yoneno]]}}(米野 智人) *{{player|59|JPN|[[Yuki Mizuno]]}}(水野 祐希) *{{player|112|JPN|[[Takao Oyamada]]}}(小山田 貴雄) - developing player '''Infielders''' *{{player|00|JPN|[[Keizo Kawashima]]}}(川島 慶三) *{{player| 2|USA|[[Adam Riggs]]}}(リグス) *{{player| 4|JPN|[[Hirobumi Watarai]]}}(度会 博文) *{{player| 6|JPN|[[Shinya Miyamoto]]}}(宮本 慎也) *{{player| 7|JPN|[[Hiroyasu Tanaka]]}}(田中 浩康) *{{player| 8|JPN|[[Shin'ichi Takeuchi]]}}(武內 晋一) *{{player|10|JPN|[[Noriyuki Shiroishi]]}}(城石 憲之) *{{player|33|JPN|[[Kazuhiro Hatakeyma]]}}(畠山 和洋) *{{player|36|JPN|[[Shingo Kawabata]]}}(川端 慎吾) *{{player|39|JPN|[[Yusuke Kajimoto]]}}(梶本 勇介) *{{player|40|JPN|[[Heishu Ohara]]}}(大原 秉秀) *{{player|46|JPN|[[Yuji Onizaki]]}}(鬼崎 裕司) *{{player|55|JPN|[[Yoshiyuki Noguchi]]}}(野口 祥順) *{{player|60|JPN|[[Masayoshi Miwa]]}}(三輪 正義) *{{player|67|JPN|[[Jun Otsuka]]}}(大塚 淳) '''Outfielders''' *{{player| 0|JPN|[[Munehiro Shida]]}}(志田 宗大) *{{player| 5|CAN|[[Aaron Guiel]]}}(ガイエル) *{{player| 9|JPN|[[Yasushi Iihara]]}}(飯原 誉士) *{{player|23|JPN|[[Norichika Aoki]]}}(青木 宣親) *{{player|31|JPN|[[Mitsuru Manaka]]}}(真中 満) *{{player|43|JPN|[[Ryuji Miyade]]}}(宮出 隆自) *{{player|49|BRA|[[Yuichi Matsumoto]]}}(松元 ユウイチ) *{{player|50|JPN|[[Tsuyoshi Ueda]]}}(上田 剛史) *{{player|54|JPN|[[Takayuki Saito]]}}(斉藤 宜之) *{{player|56|JPN|[[Toshihiro Nakao]]}}(中尾 敏浩) *{{player|64|JPN|[[Usami Makitani]]}}(牧谷 宇佐美) '''Manager''' *{{player|88|JPN|Shigeru Takada}}(高田 繁) '''Coaches''' *{{player|80|JPN|Junji Ogawa}}(小川 淳司) - head *{{player|72|JPN|Daisuke Araki}}(荒木 大輔) - pitching *{{player|77|JPN|Yukio Yaegashi}}(八重樫 幸雄) - batting *{{player|73|JPN|Takuji Ota}}(大田 卓司) - batting *{{player|83|JPN|Toshifumi Baba}}(馬場 敏史) - defending and base-running *{{player|71|JPN|Chikashi Nakanishi}}(中西 親志) - battery *{{player|89|JPN|Hiroshige Saruwatari}}(猿渡 寬茂) - farm manager *{{player|74|JPN|Soroku Yagisawa}}(八木沢 荘六) - farm pitching *{{player|99|JPN|Futoshi yamabe}}(山部 太) - farm pitching and training *{{player|79|JPN|Kenji Awaguchi}}(淡口 憲司) - farm batting *{{player|75|JPN|Katsuyuki Dobashi}}(土橋 勝征) - farm batting *{{player|76|JPN|Fujio Sumi}}(角 富士夫) - farm defending and base-running *{{player|82|JPN|Shin-ichi Sato}}(佐藤 真一) - farm defending and base-running *{{player|97|JPN|Hiroshi Takahashi}}(高橋 寬) - farm bringing-up *{{player|86|JPN|Shigeyuki Yamaguchi}}(山口 重幸) - batting pitcher *{{player|87|JPN|Makoto Ito}}(伊藤 真) - batting pitcher *{{player|88|JPN|Shigeki Abe}}(阿部 茂樹) - catcher in the bull pen *{{player|90|JPN|Yukihito Ranhashi}}(乱橋 幸仁) - batting pitcher *{{player|91|JPN|Yuki Tanno}} - batting pitcher *{{player|92|JPN|Masanao Ebana}} - catcher in the bull pen *{{player|94|JPN|Masayuki Murata}} - batting pitcher *{{player|95|JPN|Hirotsugu Maeda}}(前田 浩継)- batting pitcher *{{player|96|JPN|Hideki Samejima}}(鮫島 秀旗) - catcher in the bull pen *{{player|98|JPN|Koichi Nishizawa}} - batting pitcher *{{player|101|JPN|Kenichi Oshio}}(押尾 健一) - batting pitcher '''Honored Numbers''' *1-[[Tsutomu Wakamatsu]](若松 勉) *8-[[Katsuo Ohsugi]](大杉 勝男) *27-[[Atsuya Furuta]](古田 敦也)-Player manager in 2006-2007 |} ==External links== {{Commonscat|Tokyo Yakult Swallows}} *{{ja icon}} [http://www.yakult-swallows.co.jp/ Tokyo Yakult Swallows official web site] {{start box}} {{succession box|title=[[Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize]] Winner|before=[[Sadaharu Oh]] |after=[[Yoko Gushiken]]|years=1978}} {{end box}} {{Japanese Professional Baseball}} {{Tokyo Yakult Swallows roster}} {{Tokyo Yakult Swallows}} [[Category:Baseball teams in Japan]] [[Category:Sport in Tokyo]] [[Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows|*]] [[de:Tōkyō Yakult Swallows]] [[es:Yakult Swallows de Tokio]] [[fr:Tokyo Yakult Swallows]] [[ko:도쿄 야쿠르트 스왈로스]] [[ja:東京ヤクルトスワローズ]] [[pt:Tokyo Yakult Swallows]] [[zh:東京養樂多燕子]]