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  DisplayName Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
  League Pacific
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  Tier 2 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
  JS (0)
  JAPAN CHAMPIONS None
  LEAGUE PL
  P (4)
  PENNANTS 2001 1989 1980 1979


The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ( team based in Osaka , Japan , which were in the Pacific League . The team was owned by the Kinki Nippon Railway and later sold to the Orix Group , the owner of the Orix Blue Wave baseball team, in 2004 . The new owner then announced that they will merged the two teams into one team called the Orix Buffaloes before the start of the 2004 - 2005 NPB season.

:Founded: 1950
:Formerly known as: Kintetsu Pearls ( 1950 - 1958 ), Kintetsu Buffalo ( 1959 - 1961 ), Kintetsu Buffaloes ( 1962 - 1998 ), Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ( 1999 - 2004 ), Orix Buffaloes ( 2005 -)
:Home ballpark: Osaka Dome
:Uniform colors: Red, Black and White
:Nickname: ''Kintetsu'' (近鉄), ''Buffaloes'' (バファローズ), ''Mougyu'' (猛牛), ''Ushi'' (牛)
:Logo design: A stylized buffalo's head or "Buffaloes" in red script, outlined with white
:League championships won (4): 1979 , 1980 , 1989 , 2001
: Japan Series championships won (0):


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