Chunichi Dragons
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dragons, Nagoya, Sangyo, Chubu Nippon Dragons, Nippon Dragons, Nagoya Dragons
professional baseball team in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- dragon
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Nagoya
- Headquarters
- Aichi Prefecture
- Owned by
- Chunichi Shimbun
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Location
- Higashi-ku
- Sport
- baseball
- League
- Central League
- Official website
- www.dragons.jp
- Image
- Nagoyadome panorama1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chunichi Dragons
- topic's main category
- Category:Chunichi Dragons
- home venue
- Nagoya Dome
- social media followers
- 292000
- inception
- 1936-01-15
- head coach
- Kazuki Inoue
- official color
- white
- category for members of a team
- Category:Chunichi Dragons players
- official shop URL
- dragonsshop.info
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Encyclopedic overview
Information LeagueNippon Professional Baseball Central League (1950–present) Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949) LocationHigashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan BallparkVantelin Dome Nagoya FoundedJanuary 15, 1936 90 years ago (1936-01-15) Nickname(s)Ryu (竜, dragon) Japan Series championships2 (1954, 2007) CL pennants9 (1954, 1974, 1982, 1988, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011) Playoff berths6 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Former name Nagoya Dragons (1951–1953)
Chunichi Dragons (1948–1950)
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