Kyoto, Kyoto
Kyoto was once the capital of Japan.
Teams that have played here[edit]
- Taiyo Robins, Japan Baseball League (1949)
- Shochiku Robins, Central League (1950-1952)
- Kintetsu Buffaloes, Pacific League (1965-1971)
People born here[edit]
- Masato Akamatsu, NPB outfielder
- Shinjiro Hiyama, NPB outfielder
- Tomohito Ito, NPB pitcher
- Masayasu Kaneda, NPB outfielder and manager
- Sung-keun Kim, KBO manager
- Kaichi Masu, NPB outfielder and manager
- Shintaro Masuda, NPB infielder
- Takashi Nakagawa, NPB pitcher
- Takeshi Nakamura, NPB catcher
- Tomokazu Ohka, pitcher
- Hideki Okajima, pitcher
- Yudai Ono, NPB pitcher
- Kenji Otonari, NPB pitcher
- Kazumi Saitoh, NPB pitcher
- Toshizo Sakamoto, NPB infielder
- Naoyuki Shimizu, pitcher
- Ginjiro Sumitani, NPB catcher
- Hiroyasu Tanaka, NPB infielder
- Hiroshi Taneda, NPB pitcher
- Kunihisa Taneda, NPB infielder
- Akichika Yamada, NPB pitcher
- Eiichiro Yamamoto, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Hiroshi Yamauchi, owner
People who died here[edit]
- Yukio Imaizumi, NPB catcher
- Kunihisa Taneda, NPB infielder
- Hiroshi Yamauchi, owner
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