Kobe, Hyogo

Kobe is one of the ten largest cities in Japan and its third largest port after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located on Osaka Bay, on the south side of the island of Honshu, 15 miles west of Osaka. Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium is here.

Teams that have played here

• Orix Braves, Pacific League (1989-1990)
• Orix BlueWave, Pacific League (1991-2004)
• Orix Buffaloes, Pacific League (2005-Present)
• Orix Buffaloes (farm team), Western League

People born here

• Takehiko Bessho, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shozo Doi, NPB infielder and manager
• Nobuyuki Ebisu, NPB pitcher
• Hiroshi Fujimoto, minor league catcher
• Yasuhiro Fukami, NPB outfielder
• Hiroto Fuku, NPB pitcher
• Kazuo Imanishi, NPB outfielder
• Yoshiaki Ishimoto, NPB pitcher
• Ryota Ishioka, NPB infielder
• Takao Kinugawa, Japanese national team outfielder
• Takumi Kuriyama, NPB outfielder
• Katsuhiro Maeda, NPB pitcher
• Masashi Maruyama, Japanese national team infielder
• Yukinobu Miyamoto, NPB pitcher
• Yoshimi Moritaki, NPB pitcher
• Mitsuo Motoi, NPB infielder
• Kingo Motoyashiki, NPB infielder
• Shinichi Murata, NPB catcher
• Tadami Nakatani, NPB outfielder
• Akitada Niiyama, NPB pitcher
• Akira Okamoto, NPB pitcher
• Hiroshi Oshita, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hiroto Saiki, NPB pitcher
• Toshiki Sakurai, NPB pitcher
• Hidenosuke Shima, NPB outfielder and umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Mac Suzuki, pitcher
• Shinichi Takeuchi, NPB infielder
• Masafumi Takeda, NPB pitcher
• Hiromasa Tamano, NPB infielder
• Ryosuke Tatsumi, NPB outfielder
• Katsuya Udo, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Yamaguchi, NPB pitcher
• Iori Yamasaki, NPB pitcher
• Minoru Yamashita, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kazuya Yano, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Yoshida, NPB catcher

People who died here

• Fumio Fujimura, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takao Kajimoto, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Motoyasu Kuroki, NPB outfielder
• Shozo Watanabe, NPB pitcher

Educational establishments located here

• Hyogo Kogyo High School
• Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo High School
• Ikuei High School
• Kitasuma High School
• Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• Kobe Gakuin University
• Kobe High School
• Kobe International University High School
• Kobe International University
• Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School
• Kobe Nishi High School
• Kobe Shogyo High School
• Kobe University
• Konan University
• Murano Kogyo High School
• Shinko Gakuen High School
• Shinko Tachibana High School
• Suma Shofu High School
• Takikawa High School
• Takikawa Daini High School
• University of Hyogo
• University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences