Tokyo Yakult Swallows
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{{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]]|
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{{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==
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'''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
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==External links==
{{Commonscat|Tokyo Yakult Swallows}}
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.yakult-swallows.co.jp/ Tokyo Yakult Swallows official web site]
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