This is a list of baseball parks in top-level professional baseball in Japan. It was compiled primarily from the individual articles shown. It may be incomplete, and there also may be some inconsistencies due to occasional contradictory information between articles. Japanese baseball was organized originally as the Japanese Baseball League (JBL), starting with the 1936 season. For the 1950 season, the organization was renamed Nippon Professional Baseball and with additional clubs joining, it was broken into the Central League (CL) and the Pacific League (PL).
Various clubs have transferred from one city to another over time. Most of the clubs had also had several name changes, often independent of location, as a club's corporate owner is typically part of the club's name. For that reason, the first list is driven by team name. The second list is grouped by stadium name. The team list is confined to top-level professional clubs. The stadium list also includes some university-level clubs, where known.
Partial listing of Japanese professional ballparks
August 18, 2023
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Giants Dragons Swallows Buffaloes BayStars Hawks Marines Fighters Eagles Tigers Lions Carp This is a list of baseball parks in top level professional baseball in Japan It was compiled primarily from the individual articles shown It may be incomplete and there also may be some inconsistencies due to occasional contradictory information between articles Japanese baseball was organized originally as the Japanese Baseball League JBL starting with the 1936 season For the 1950 season the organization was renamed Nippon Professional Baseball and with additional clubs joining it was broken into the Central League CL and the Pacific League PL Various clubs have transferred from one city to another over time Most of the clubs had also had several name changes often independent of location as a club s corporate owner is typically part of the club s name For that reason the first list is driven by team name The second list is grouped by stadium name The team list is confined to top level professional clubs The stadium list also includes some university level clubs where known Contents 1 Key 2 Current stadiums 3 Former stadiums 4 Clubs listed alphabetically by current names within league 4 1 Central League 4 2 Pacific League 4 3 Extinct clubs 5 Stadiums listed alphabetically by current names 6 See also 7 ReferencesKey Edit Denotes stadium with a retractable roof Denotes stadium with a fixed roof Current stadiums EditName Field image Year opened Seating capacity Location Home team Playing surface Distance to center fieldFukuoka PayPay Dome 1993 38 500 Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks artificial turf 122 m 400 ft Hanshin Koshien Stadium 1924 47 508 Nishinomiya Hyōgo Prefecture Hanshin Tigers grass 118 m 387 ft Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium 1988 35 000 Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Orix Buffaloes grass 122 m 400 ft Kyocera Dome Osaka 1997 36 154 Osaka Osaka Prefecture Orix Buffaloes artificial turf 122 m 400 ft Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium Hiroshima 2009 33 000 Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima Toyo Carp grass 122 m 400 ft Meiji Jingu Stadium 1926 31 941 Shinjuku Tokyo Tokyo Yakult Swallows artificial turf 120 m 394 ft Vantelin Dome Nagoya 1997 38 200 Nagoya Aichi Prefecture Chunichi Dragons artificial turf 122 m 400 ft Zozo Marine Stadium 1990 30 119 Chiba Chiba Prefecture Chiba Lotte Marines artificial turf 122 m 400 ft Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi 1950 30 508 Sendai Miyagi Prefecture Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles grass 122 m 400 ft Es Con Field Hokkaido 2023 35 000 Kitahiroshima Hokkaido Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters grass 121 m 397 ft Belluna Dome 1979 33 556 Tokorozawa Saitama Prefecture Saitama Seibu Lions artificial turf 122 m 400 ft Tokyo Dome 1988 46 000 Bunkyō Tokyo Yomiuri Giants artificial turf 122 m 400 ft Yokohama Stadium 1978 34 046 Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama DeNA BayStars artificial turf 118 m 387 ft Former stadiums EditName Year opened Year closed LocationNippon Life Stadium 1950 1997 Osaka Osaka PrefectureShimonoseki Municipal Stadium 1949 1985 Shimonoseki Yamaguchi PrefectureKinugasa Stadium 1948 Kyoto Kyoto PrefectureKorakuen Stadium 1937 1987 Bunkyō TokyoOsaka Stadium 1950 1998 Osaka Osaka PrefectureKawasaki Stadium 1951 Kawasaki Kanagawa PrefectureNagoya Stadium 1948 Nagoya Aichi PrefectureHiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park 1941 Hiroshima Hiroshima PrefectureHiroshima Municipal Stadium 1957 2010 Hiroshima Hiroshima PrefectureTokyo Stadium 1962 1972 Arakawa TokyoHeiwadai Stadium 1949 1997 Fukuoka Fukuoka PrefectureHankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 1937 2002 Nishinomiya Hyōgo PrefectureFujiidera Stadium 1928 2005 Fujiidera Osaka PrefectureClubs listed alphabetically by current names within league EditCentral League Edit Chunichi Dragons Nagoya Baseball Club 1936 1943 JBL Sangyo Baseball Club 1944 Chubu Nippon 1946 Chubu Nippon Dragons 1947 Chunichi Dragons 1947 or 1948 1949 To the CL Chunichi Dragons 1950 Nagoya Dragons 1951 1953 Chunichi Dragons 1954 present 1936 47 Korakuen Stadium 1948 Chunichi Stadium Nagoya Stadium 1949 1996 Nagoya Dome 1997 present dd Hanshin Tigers Osaka Tigers 1936 September 24 1940 Nicknamed Tigers JBL Hanshin Baseball Club September 25 1940 1944 maybe 1946 Osaka Tigers 1946 or 1947 1949 Nicknamed Hanshin To the CL Osaka Tigers 1950 1960 Hanshin Tigers 1961 present Koshien Stadium 1936 present also Kyocera Dome Osaka and Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium for some games dd Hiroshima Toyo Carp Hiroshima Carp 1950 1967 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1968 present Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park 1950 July 1957 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 1957 July 1957 2008 Mazda Stadium 2009 present dd Tokyo Yakult Swallows Kokutetsu Swallows 1950 1965 Sankei Swallows 1965 Sankei Atoms 1966 1968 Atoms 1969 Yakult Atoms 1970 1973 Yakult Swallows 1974 2005 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2006 present Korakuen Stadium 1950 1963 Meiji Jingu Stadium 1964 present dd Yokohama DeNA BayStars Dai Tokyo 1936 JBL Lion Baseball Club 1937 1940 Asahi Baseball Club 1941 1944 Pacific Baseball Club 1946 Taiyō Robins 1947 1949 To the CL Shochiku Robins ca 1950 52 merged with Taiyo Whales Taiyo Whales 1950 1952 Taiyō Shochiku Robins 1953 Yō Shō Robins 1954 Taiyō Whales 1955 1977 Yokohama Taiyō Whales 1978 1992 Yokohama BayStars 1993 2011 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 2012 present Shimonoseki Baseball Stadium 1950 1952 Osaka Stadium 1953 1954 Kawasaki Stadium 1955 1977 Yokohama Stadium 1978 present dd Yomiuri Giants Dai Nippon Tōkyō Yakyu Club 1934 1935 To the JBL Tokyo Kyojingun 1936 1944 1946 Tokyo Yomiuri Giants 1947 1949 To the CL Tokyo Yomiuri Giants 1950 2002 Yomiuri Giants 2003 present Korakuen Stadium 1937 1987 Tokyo Dome 1988 present dd Pacific League Edit Chiba Lotte Marines Gold Star 1946 JBL Kinsei Stars 1947 1948 Daiei Stars 1949 To the CL Daiei Stars 1950 1955 merged with Takahashi Unions in 1956 to form Daiei Unions merged with Mainichi Orions in 1957 to form Daimai OrionsMainichi Orions 1950 1957 Mainichi Daiei Orions Daimai Orions 1958 1963 Tokyo Orions 1964 1968 Lotte Orions 1969 1991 Chiba Lotte Marines 1992 present Korakuen Stadium 1950 1962 Tokyo Stadium 1962 1972 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 1973 1977 Kawasaki Stadium 1978 1991 Chiba Marine Stadium 1992 present dd Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Nankai Baseball Club 1938f May 31 1944 JBL Kinki Nippon June 1 1944 December 31 1944 Great Ring 1946 May 31 1947 Nankai Hawks June 1 1947 1949 To the PL Nankai Hawks 1950 1988 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 1989 2004 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2005 present Sakai Ohama Baseball Stadium 1939 Nankai Nakamozu Baseball Ground 1939 1949 Osaka Stadium 1950 1988 Heiwadai Stadium 1988 1992 Fukuoka Dome 1993 present dd Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Senators Baseball Club 1946 JBL Tokyu Flyers 1947 Kyuei Flyers 1948 Tokyu Flyers 1949 To the PL Tokyu Flyers 1950 1953 Toei Flyers 1954 1972 Nittaku Home Flyers 1973 Nippon Ham Fighters 1974 2003 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2004 present Korakuen Stadium 1946 1953 Komazawa Stadium 1954 1987 Tokyo Dome 1988 2003 Sapporo Dome 2004 2022 Es Con Field Hokkaido 2023 present dd Orix Buffaloes Hankyu Professional Baseball Club 1936 1944 1946 JBL Hankyu Bears January April 1947 Hankyu Braves April 1947 1949 To the PL Hankyu Braves 1950 1988 Orix Braves 1989 1990 Orix BlueWave 1991 2004 merged with Kintetsu Buffaloes 1936 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 1937 1990 Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium 1991 2004 dd Kintetsu Pearls 1950 1958 Kintetsu Buffalo 1959 1961 Kintetsu Buffaloes 1962 1998 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 1999 2004 merged with Orix Blue WaveFujiidera Stadium 1950 1996 Osaka Stadium 1950 1957 Nippon Life Insurance Stadium 1958 1983 Osaka Dome 1997 2004 dd Orix Buffaloes 2005 present Osaka Dome aka Kyocera Dome Osaka 2005 2007 present Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium aka Hotto Motto Field Kobe 2005 present dd Saitama Seibu Lions Nishi Nippon Pirates 1950 merged with Nishitetsu ClippersNishitetsu Clippers 1950 Nishitetsu Lions 1951 1972 Taiheiyo Club Lions 1973 1976 Crown Lighter Lions 1977 1978 Seibu Lions 1979 2007 Saitama Seibu Lions 2008 present Heiwadai Stadium 1950 1978 Seibu Lions Stadium Seibu Dome 1979 present dd Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2005 present Miyagi Baseball Stadium 2005 present dd Extinct clubs Edit This is a partial list of clubs that were in the JBL and which disbanded or merged Taken verbatim from the JBL article Korakuen Eagles 1937s Eagles Baseball Club 1938 1939 Kurowashi Baseball Club 1940 1941 Yamato Baseball Club 1942 1943 Broken up Nagoya Kinko 1936 1940 Merged into the Tsubasa Baseball Club Tokyo Senators 1936 1939 Tsubasa Baseball Club 1940 Taiyō Baseball Club 1941 1942 Nishitetsu Baseball Club 1943 Broken upStadiums listed alphabetically by current names EditChiba Marine Stadium in Chiba Occupant Marines prev Orions PL 1992 present Fujiidera Stadium in Fujiidera Osaka opened 1928 closed 2005 Occupant Buffaloes PL 1950 1996 Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka Occupant Hawks PL 1993 present Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium in Nishinomiya opened 1937 closed 2002 Occupant Bears Braves JBL 1937 1949 PL 1950 1990 Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka opened 1949 closed 1993 Occupants Lions PL 1950 1978 Hawks PL 1988 1992 dd Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 1957 in Naka ku Hiroshima opened 1957 closed 2009 Occupant Carp CL 1957 2008 Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Municipal Stadium in Minami ku Hiroshima opened 2009 Occupant Carp CL 2009 present Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park in Hiroshima Occupant Carp CL 1950 1957 Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki Kanagawa opened 1952 downsized 2004 Occupants Whales CL 1955 1977 Orions PL 1978 1991 dd Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium in Kobe opened 1950 Occupants Orix BlueWave PL 1991 2004 Orix Buffaloes PL 2005 present some games Tigers CL some games dd Komazawa Stadium in Tokyo Occupant Flyers Fighters PL 1954 87 Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo Tokyo Occupants Tokyo Senators and successors JBL 1937 1943 Senators Flyers JBL 1946 49 PL 1950 53 Dragons JBL 1948 only Giants JBL CL 1949 1987 Swallows CL 1950 1963 Orions PL 1950 1962 dd Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya Hyōgo Occupants Japanese High School Baseball Championship 1924 1940 1947 present Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament 1925 present Tigers JBL 1936 1949 CL 1950 present dd Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku Tokyo Occupants Tokyo Big6 Baseball League all games 1926 present Tohto University Baseball League all Division I games 1930 present Tokyo Yakult Swallows and predecessors CL 1964 present dd Miyagi Baseball Stadium in Sendai opened 1950 Occupants Orions PL 1973 1977 Golden Eagles PL 2005 present dd Nagoya Stadium in Nagoya Occupant Dragons CL 1949 1996 Nagoya Dome in Nagoya opened 1997 Occupant Dragons CL 1997 present Osaka Dome in Osaka opened 1997 Occupants Kintetsu Buffaloes PL 1997 2004 Orix Buffaloes PL 2005 2007 present some games Tigers CL some games dd Osaka Stadium in Naniwa ku Osaka opened 1950 closed 1998 Occupants Hawks PL 1950 1988 Pearls PL 1950 1957 Whales CL 1953 1954 dd Sapporo Dome in Toyohira ku Sapporo opened 2001 Occupant Fighters 2004 present Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa Saitama Occupant Lions PL 1979 present Shimonoseki Baseball Stadium in Taiyo 1950 1952 Occupant Whales CL 1950 1952 Tokyo Stadium Occupant Orions PL 1962 1972 Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo Tokyo Occupants Giants CL 1988 present Fighters PL 1988 2003 dd Yokohama Stadium in Naka ku Yokohama opened 1978 Occupant BayStars prev Whales CL 1978 present See also EditLists of baseball parksReferences EditPartial listing of Japanese professional ballparks Photos of current stadiums Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Nippon Professional Baseball stadiums amp oldid 1165072622, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
