Tokyo Yakult Swallows

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The Template:Nihongo are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.

Founded: 1950

Formerly known as: Kokutetsu Swallows (1950-1965), Sankei Swallows (1965), Sankei Atoms (1966-1968), Atoms (1969), Yakult Atoms (1970-1973), Yakult Swallows (1974-2005), Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2006-)

Home ballpark: Meiji-Jingu Stadium

Uniform colors: White, Red and Navy

Logo design: "Tokyo Yakult Swallows" written in red and navy

Nickname: Yakult (ヤクルト), Swallows (スワローズ), Tsubame (燕, meaning to swallows)

League championships won (6): 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001

Japan Series championships won (5): 1978, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001

The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, the Yakult Corporation. From 1950 to 1965, the company was owned by the former Japan National Railways (known as "Kokutetsu" in Japanese) and called the Kokutetsu Swallows; the team was then owned by the newspaper Sankei Shimbun from 1965 to 1968 and called the Sankei Atoms. Yakult purchased the team in 1970 and restored its original Swallows name in 1974.

Famous players of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows past and present include Masaichi Kaneda, Kazushige Nagashima, Dave Roberts, Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Hiromi Matsuoka, Charlie Manuel, Bob Horner, Tom O'Malley, Terry Bross, Masato Yoshii, Kazuhisa Ishii, Shingo Takatsu, Atsuya Furuta and Takehiro Ikeyama.

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