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The are a popular Baseball team based in Japan . It is based at Tokyo Dome , in Bunkyo-ku (Ward) , Tokyo , Japan , and is in the Central League . The team is owned by the Yomiuri Group , a media Conglomerate which includes two newspapers and a television network. :Founded: 1934 :Formerly known as: Dai Nippon Tokyo Yakyu Club (大日本東京野球倶楽部 1934 - 1935 ), Tokyo Kyojingun (東京巨人軍 1936 - 1946 ), Tokyo Yomiuri Kyojingun (Yomiuri Giants 1947 - 2002 ), Yomiuri Kyojingun (Yomiuri Giants 2002 -) :Home ballpark: Tokyo Dome :Uniform colors: Orange, White, and Black :Logo design: Intertwined "Y" and "G" in orange on a black field :Nickname: ''Kyojin'' (巨人), ''Giants'' (ジャイアンツ), ''G'' :League championships won (30): 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1976 , 1977 , 1981 , 1983 , 1987 , 1989 , 1990 , 1994 , 1996 , 2000 , 2002 :''', 1952 , 1953 , 1955 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1981 , 1989 , 1994 , 2000 , 2002 The Yomiuri Giants are the oldest professional team in Japan. They were founded in 1936 and joined the new Japanese Baseball League . The Giants won nine titles before the establishment of the two league system in 1950 . Starting in 1965 , the Giants won nine consecutive Central League pennants and Japan Series titles, in large part because of the hitting of Shigeo Nagashima and Sadaharu Oh . The last Giants pennant was in 2002 . The Yomiuri Giants have won more pennants and Japan Series titles than any other team. It has been said because of the lengthy MLBPA strike in the United States, and because of Japanese lore of the meaning of 60th anniversaries, the 1994 60th Anniversary Yomuiri Giants were the luckiest team in professional baseball, and was actually called by many journalists as the World Champions of Professional Baseball. PLAYERS OF NOTE Current stars
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TRIVIA Yomiuri Giants' uniform are very similar to the American baseball team the San Francisco Giants . Due to the Yomiuri company's vast influence in Japan as a major media conglomerate, the Giant's are successfully marketed to the Japanese people as "Japan's Team." Often, when asked who their favorite team is, a Japanese person will reportedly reply, "I'm Japanese, therefore I like the Giants." In fact, the Giants' uniforms say "Tokyo" on the jersey instead of "Yomiuri" or "Giants," seeming to imply that the Giants represent the vast metropolis and geopolitical center of Japan, even though three teams actually play in the Tokyo metropolitan area. This bandwagon appeal has been compared with the marketing of Manchester United to its fan base. Fans of other professional baseball teams in Japan are often openly derisive and contemptuous of the Giant's bandwagon marketing tactics. These fans, especially of the Hanshin Tigers, openly root for the Giants to perform poorly. It has long been alleged that the Giants rely on underhanded tactics to recruit the best players, involving bribes to players and amateur coaches, or using their influence on the governing council of Japanese professional baseball to pass rules that favors their recruiting efforts. This may be one explanation for the Giant's abundance of success in league play. CONTACT INFORMATION Yomiuri Giants, Takebashi 3-3 Building, 3-3 Kanda Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8462 JAPAN EXTERNAL LINKS |
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