Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Kawasaki located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

People born here

• Masahiro Abe, NPB player
• Keiichi Hirano, NPB infielder
• Hirokazu Ibata, NPB infielder
• Tatsuya Iguchi, Japanese national team infielder
• Shigeru Ishiwata, NPB infielder
• Keiichi Kojima, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Muto, NPB infielder
• Takahiro Sasaki, TML pitcher
• Kazuhiro Sato, NPB outfielder
• Ryota Sekiya, NPB pitcher
• Yuhei Takai, NPB outfielder
• Kenji Tanba, NPB infielder
• Tatsuya Uchi, NPB pitcher
• Toshiharu Ueda, NPB catcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

People who died here

• Tazuru Kakino, Japanese national team manager
• Akihito Kondo, NPB infielder and manager
• Makoto Kurata, NPB pitcher
• Takeshi Miyazaki, NPB infielder and manager
• Hiroshi Nakao, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yasumitsu Toyoda, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Educational establishments located here

• Den-en Chofu Gakuen University
• Hosei University Daini High School
• Kawasaki Kita High School
• Toko Gakuen High School

Teams that have played here

• Tokyu Flyers, Pacific League (1952)
• Mainichi Orions, Pacific League (1952-1955, 1959-1960)
• Takahashi Unions, Pacific League (1954)
• Tombo Unions, Pacific League (1955)
• Daiei Stars, Pacific League (1955-1956)
• Takahashi Unions, Pacific League (1956)
• Taiyo Whales, Central League (1955-1977)
• Lotte Orions, Pacific League (1973-1991)