Akita, Akita

Akita is the capital of Akita Prefecture, located on the west (Japan Sea) coast of the northern part of Japan's largest island, Honshu, 50 miles west of Morioka, Iwate.

Teams that have played here

• Daiei Stars, Pacific League (1955)

Persons who were born here

• Yutaka Ashikaga, NPB pitcher
• Taiyo Fujita, NPB pitcher
• Masanori Ishikawa, NPB pitcher
• Taichi Ishiyama, NPB pitcher
• Yuya Kamada, NPB pitcher
• Tadayoshi Kawabe, NPB pitcher
• Kakeru Narita, NPB pitcher
• Hitoshi Ono, NPB pitcher
• Kazuyuki Ono, NPB pitcher
• Kenshiro Saga, NPB pitcher
• Kichiro Sasaki, NPB pitcher
• Hideaki Sato, NPB pitcher

People who died here

• Mikio Kudo, NPB pitcher

Educational institutions located here

• Akita Central High School
• Akita Kogyo High School
• Akita High School
• Akita Municipal Commercial High School
• Akita Prefectural University
• Akita University
• Araya High School
• Kanaashi Nogyo High School
• North Asia University
• North Asia University Meioh High School