Tigers

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Nippon Professional Baseball team professional baseball team

Tigers is the nickname of the Hanshin Tigers, a professional Japanese baseball team based in the Kansai region and one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most storied franchises.

Aliases (1)

Hanshin Tigers ×47

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nippon Professional Baseball team → professional baseball team →
abbreviation	HAN →
basedInRegion	Kansai region →
CentralLeaguePennantCount	multiple →
championshipType	Japan Series title →
competitionLevel	top-tier professional baseball in Japan →
corporateSponsor	Hanshin Group →
country	Japan →
division	Central League standings →
formerName	Osaka Tigers →
founded	1935 →
homeCity	Nishinomiya →
homePrefecture	Hyōgo Prefecture →
homeStadium	Hanshin Koshien Stadium →
homeStadiumCapacityApprox	47000 →
homeStadiumOpened	1924 →
JapanSeriesTitleCount	2 →
JapanSeriesTitleYear	1985 → 2023 →
league	Nippon Professional Baseball →
mediaMarket	Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area →
nickname	Tigers →
notableCulture	intense media coverage in Kansai →
notableFanBaseTrait	large regional following in Kansai → passionate fans →
notableManager	Akinobu Okada → Katsuya Nomura → Senichi Hoshino →
notablePlayer	Akinobu Okada → Masayuki Kakefu → Randy Bass → Tom O’Malley →
notableTradition	fans releasing balloons during games → fans singing team songs in the seventh inning → strong regional identity with Kansai dialect →
owner	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. →
parentCompany	Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. →
rival	Yomiuri Giants →
rivalryComparedTo	New York Yankees–Boston Red Sox rivalry →
rivalryName	Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry →
sport	baseball →
subleague	Central League →
teamColors	black → white → yellow →
uniformColor	pinstripes →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hanshin Tigers → Hanshin Tigers →	nickname