Matsuyama, Ehime
Matsuyama is the capital of Ehime Prefecture. Botchan Stadium is located here. The 2008 Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Matsuyama.
Teams that have played here[edit]
People born here[edit]
- Kenta Abe, NPB pitcher
- Sadayoshi Fujimoto, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Mitsuru Fujiwara, NPB infielder
- Kasuhisa Hino, Japanese national team infielder
- Kenichi Kageura, NPB infielder
- Masaru Kageura, NPB player; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Hyotaro Kondo, college coach; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame
- Shigeo Mori, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Akikazu Nishimoto, NPB infielder
- Takashi Nishimoto, NPB pitcher
- Michitaka Nishiyama, NPB and minor league pitcher
- Yoshinori Okihara, NPB infielder
- Mitsuo Oomori, NPB and minor league catcher
- Shigeki Sano, NPB pitcher
- Keisuke Senda, NPB infielder
- Yukio Shimabara, NPB pitcher
- Osamu Takechi, NPB infielder
- Yuji Takechi, Japanese national team infielder
- Kiyoshi Yamada, NPB infielder
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