Hiroshima, Hiroshima

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and a major city in Japan.

It was almost completely destroyed when the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city on August 6, 1945, in the last days of World War II.

Teams that have played here

• Hiroshima Carp, Central League (1950-1967)
• Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Central League (1968-Present)

People born here

• Takahiro Arai, NPB infielder and manager
• Kohei Arihara, pitcher
• Masashi Fujiwara, NPB pitcher
• Kunio Fukutomi, NPB outfielder
• Isao Harimoto, NPB outfielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Toshio Hiramasu, NPB outfielder
• Seiya Inoue, NPB infielder
• Kenta Ishida, NPB pitcher
• Shuichi Ishimoto, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takahiro Iwamoto, NPB outfielder
• Hiroyuki Kamegawa, Japanese national team pitcher
• Koji Kanemitsu, Japanese national team infielder
• Tomoaki Kanemoto, NPB outfielder and manager
• Junichi Katayama, Japanese national team pitcher
• Kisaku Kato, NPB infielder and manager
• Takehiko Kobayakawa, NPB infielder
• Takuji Kochi, NPB infielder
• Shingo Kuramoto, NPB utility player
• Takashi Kusaka, NPB outfielder
• Kohei Matsuda, owner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tetsuji Mende, NPB pitcher
• Sho Nakata, NPB outfielder
• Hiroki Nomura, NPB pitcher
• Wataru Nonin, NPB infielder and manager
• Muneyoshi Okada, NPB infielder
• Ryota Okumoto, New Zealand national team pitcher
• Atsuyoshi Otake, Japanese national team catcher
• Yataro Sakamoto, NPB pitcher
• Takayuki Shinohara, NPB pitcher
• Katsumi Shiraishi, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takeo Tabe, amateur infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kazuto Taguchi, NPB pitcher
• Shingo Takatsu, pitcher
• Tsutomu Takeda, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Mitsuo Tatsukawa, NPB catcher and manager
• Goro Tsuchiya, NPB outfielder
• Kazuki Yabuta, NPB pitcher
• Kazuo Yamaguchi, NPB pitcher
• Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, NPB outfielder and manager
• Kazuyuki Yamamoto, NPB pitcher
• Koji Yamamoto, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Taisuke Yamaoka, NPB pitcher
• Ryuzo Yamasaki, NPB outfielder
• Yuki Yanagita, NPB outfielder
• Fumihiro Yoshimoto, NPB umpire
• Kenichi Zenimura, "Father of Japanese American Baseball"

People who died here

• Takuya Kimura, NPB infielder
• Manabu Kitabeppu, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kazuhiro Kuroda, NPB outfielder
• Kohei Matsuda, owner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Satoshi Takahashi, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Tanaka, NPB catcher
• Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, NPB outfielder and manager

Educational Establishments

• Hijiyama University
• Hiroshima Commercial High School
• Hiroshima Institute of Technology
• Hiroshima Institute of Technology High School
• Hiroshima Kokutaiji High School
• Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
• Hiroshima Shinjo Junior-Senior High School
• Hiroshima Shudo University
• Hiroshima Technical High School
• Hiroshima University of Economics
• Koryo High School
• Sanyo High School
• Setouchi High School
• Sotoku High School