Nishi Nippon Pirates
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The Nishi Nippon Pirates or Nishinippon Pirates were a former Nippon Professional Baseball team and a founding member of the Central League in 1950. The team was owned by the Nishinippon Shimbun and p
Yuko Minamimura played in Pirates' only season.
Yomiuri Giants
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The Yomiuri Giants and still known by the nickname Kyojin are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyō, Tokyo, they are one of
Tetsuharu Kawakami in 1946
Three Giants stars of the 1950s, Tetsuharu Kawakami, Shigeru Chiba (baseball), and Noboru Aota (left to right)
Suguru Egawa, after 1981
Tatsunori Hara in 2012