Hanshin Tigers
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The Hanshin Tigers are a historic and popular professional baseball team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, known for their passionate fanbase and long-standing rivalry with the Yomiuri Giants.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Osaka Tigers | 2 |
| Hanshin Tigers fanbase | 1 |
| Hanshin Tigers franchise | 1 |
| Hanshin Tigers in the 1980s | 1 |
| Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nippon Professional Baseball team
ⓘ
professional baseball team ⓘ |
| basedIn | Kansai region ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| divisionTitles | Central League champions ⓘ |
| fanbaseCharacteristic |
large national following
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passionate supporters ⓘ |
| formerName |
Hanshin Tigers
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Osaka Tigers
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| founded | 1935 ⓘ |
| homeGameCity | Nishinomiya ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Hanshin Koshien Stadium ⓘ |
| homeStadiumCapacity | approximately 47,000 ⓘ |
| homeStadiumOpened | 1924 ⓘ |
| JapanSeriesTitle | 1985 Japan Series champions ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| league |
Central League
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Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ |
| location | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| mascot |
To-Lucky
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surface form:
Lucky
To-Lucky ⓘ |
| mediaMarket | Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area ⓘ |
| nickname |
Tigers
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Tora ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
known for long championship droughts between league titles
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won first Japan Series title in 1985 ⓘ |
| notableManager |
Akinobu Okada
ⓘ
Katsuya Nomura ⓘ Senichi Hoshino ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Akinobu Okada
ⓘ
Kyuji Fujikawa ⓘ Masayuki Kakefu ⓘ Randy Bass ⓘ Shintaro Fujinami ⓘ Tomonori Kanemoto ⓘ |
| notableTradition |
fans release jet balloons during the seventh-inning stretch
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fans sing team songs and chants throughout games ⓘ |
| owner | Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. ⓘ |
| regionRivalry | Kanto–Kansai baseball rivalry ⓘ |
| rival | Yomiuri Giants ⓘ |
| rivalry |
Hanshin Tigers
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surface form:
Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry
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| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
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white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| uniformColor |
black and yellow road uniforms
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pinstriped white home uniforms ⓘ |
| website | https://hanshintigers.jp/ ⓘ |
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hanshin Tigers fanbase
this entity surface form:
Hanshin Tigers franchise
this entity surface form:
Osaka Tigers
subject surface form:
Hanshin Tigers
this entity surface form:
Osaka Tigers
subject surface form:
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
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Hanshin Tigers in the 1980s
this entity surface form:
Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry
subject surface form:
Nishinomiya