Kyoto, Kyoto

Kyoto, whose name means "capital city", was the capital of Japan until 1868. It located in the center of Honshu Island, 30 miles northeast of Osaka and 40 miles northeast of Kobe.

Teams that have played here

• Taiyo Robins, Japan Baseball League (1949)
• Shochiku Robins, Central League (1950-1952)
• Kintetsu Buffaloes, Pacific League (1965-1971)

People born here

• Masato Akamatsu, NPB outfielder
• Toshio Haru, NPB outfielder
• Shinjiro Hiyama, NPB outfielder
• Tomohito Ito, NPB pitcher
• Masayasu Kaneda, NPB outfielder and manager
• Yuji Kaneko, NPB outfielder
• Sung-keun Kim, KBO manager
• Kuniyuki Kimoto, NPB infielder
• Sachio Kinugasa, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Masanori Konishi, Japanese national team pitcher
• Akira Kunimatsu, NPB outfielder
• Yusuke Masago, NPB outfielder
• Kaichi Masu, NPB outfielder and manager
• Shintaro Masuda, NPB infielder
• Takashi Nakagawa, NPB pitcher
• Takeshi Nakamura, NPB catcher
• Nobuo Nakatani, NPB pitcher
• Masaichi Nagata, NPB owner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shigetaka Nishio, NPB pitcher
• Tomokazu Ohka, pitcher
• Hideki Okajima, pitcher
• Hiroji Okajima, NPB infielder
• Yudai Ono, NPB pitcher
• Kenji Otonari, NPB pitcher
• Kazumi Saitoh, NPB pitcher
• Toshizo Sakamoto, NPB infielder
• Naoyuki Shimizu, pitcher
• Ginjiro Sumitani, NPB catcher
• Hiroyasu Tanaka, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Taneda, NPB pitcher
• Kunihisa Taneda, NPB infielder
• Akichika Yamada, NPB pitcher
• Eiichiro Yamamoto, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hiroshi Yamauchi, owner
• Yoshio Yoshida, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Masaru Yoshizaki, NPB pitcher

People who died here

• Yukio Imaizumi, NPB catcher
• Shiro Ito, NPB pitcher
• Toshiaki Okamura, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshi Taneda, NPB pitcher
• Kunihisa Taneda, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Yamauchi, owner
• Hiroyuki Watanabe, NPB outfielder

Educational establishments located here

• Bukkyo University
• Doshisha High School
• Doshisha University
• Fushimi High School
• Hanazono High School
• Higashiyama High School
• Katsura High School
• Kitasaga High School
• Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School
• Kyoto Kogakkan High School
• Kyoto Ryoyo High School
• Kyoto Sangyo University
• Kyoto Seisho High School
• Kyoto University
• Kyoto University of Advanced Science
• Kyoto University of Advanced Science High School
• Kyoto University of Education
• Ohki High School
• Otani High School
• Otani University
• Ritsumeikan University
• Ryukoku University
• Saikyo High School
• Toba High School
• Yamashiro High School