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Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league ...

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Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They h ...

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* Living people 1984 births Baseball people from Saitama (city) Chuo University alumni Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Yomiuri Giants players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Japanese expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido players {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub