Tigers

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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.

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Tigers canonical 2

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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 Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
surface form: Hanshin Group
country Japan
division Central League standings
formerName Hanshin Tigers
surface form: Osaka Tigers
founded 1935
homeCity Nishinomiya
homePrefecture Hyogo Prefecture
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
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 Yankees–Red Sox rivalry
surface form: New York Yankees–Boston Red Sox rivalry
rivalryName Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry
sport baseball
subleague Central League
teamColors black
white
yellow
uniformColor pinstripes

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Hanshin Tigers nickname Tigers
Tigers nickname Tigers self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Hanshin Tigers