Tohto University Base Ball League

The Tohto University Base Ball League is a collegiate baseball league in Japan. It was founded in 1930 as the Tokyo University Baseball League by Chuo University, Kokugakuin University, Nihon University, Senshu University, and Tokyo University of Agriculture. The league became in the Tohto University Base Ball League in 1936. For the 2006 spring season, the league contains 21 teams in four leagues.

2006 Teams

University; First Year in Tohto League

1st League

• Aoyama Gakuin University; 1956
• Asia University; 1962
• Chuo University; 1930
• Komazawa University; 1949
• Nihon University; 1930
• Toyo University; 1956

2nd League

• Kokugakuin University; 1930
• Kokushikan University; 1963
• Rissho University; 1967
• Senshu University; 1930
• Takushoku University; 1967
• Tokyo University of Agriculture; 1930

3rd League

• Gakushuin University; 1952
• Juntendo University; 1984
• Shibaura Institute of Technology; 1956
• Sophia University; 1965
• Taisho University; 1995
• Tokyo Institute of Technology; 1948

4th League

• Hitotsubashi University; 2000
• Musashi Institute of Technology; 1958
• Seikei University; 1956

Former Teams

The following seven teams left the league in 1964 to form the Tokyo Metropolitan Area University Baseball League

• Tokyo Keizai University; 1959
• Meiji Gakuin University; 1951
• Musashi University;
• Nippon Sport Science University; 1958
• Seijo University; 1958
• Tokai University;
• Tokyo University of Education (presently University of Tsukuba);