Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Japan Series Titles: 6 (1978, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2021)

Central League Pennants: 9 (1978, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2015, 2021, 2022)

Franchise Players: Atsuya Furuta, Roberto Petagine, Kazuhisa Ishii, Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Hiromu Matsuoka, Shingo Takatsu, Tetsuto Yamada

Current Manager: Shingo Takatsu

Stadium: Meiji-Jingu Stadium

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows were originally established as the Kokutetsu Swallows in 1950. The team later became the Sankei Atoms and Yakult Atoms before reclaiming the Swallows moniker in 1973. After decades of failure, the team was one of the most successful Central League franchises of the 1990s. The team added Tokyo to their name before the 2006 season.

Managers

• 1973: Osamu Mihara
• 1974-1976: Hiroshi Arakawa
• 1976-1979: Tatsuro Hirooka
• 1979: Takao Sato
• 1980-1984: Shiro Takegami
• 1984-1986: Masayuki Dobashi
• 1987-1989: Junzo Sekine
• 1990-1998: Katsuya Nomura
• 1999-2005: Tsutomu Wakamatsu
• 2006-2007: Atsuya Furuta
• 2008-2010: Shigeru Takada
• 2010-2014: Junji Ogawa
• 2015-2017: Mitsuru Manaka
• 2018-2019 : Ogawa
• 2020- : Shingo Takatsu

Further Reading

• Michael Clair: "Tokyo Yakult Swallows hosted a special 'American Baseball Weekend'", mlb.com, August 9, 2024. [1]

Preceded by Yakult Atoms

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2006 - present Yakult Swallows 1974 - 2005

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