The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters(北海道日本ハムファイターズ,Hokkaidō Nippon-Hamu Faitāzu) are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at the Sapporo Dome. The Fighters also host a select number of regional home games in cities across Hokkaidō, including Hakodate, Asahikawa, Kushiro, and Obihiro. The team's name comes from its parent organization, Nippon Ham, a major Japanese food processing company.
Founded in 1946, the Fighters called Tokyo home for 58years, as co-tenants of the Tokyo Dome with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants near the end of their tenure in the capital city. The franchise has won two Japan Series titles, in 1962 and 2006 and as well as one Asia Series title in 2006.
Team history
Senators and Tokyo eras
In 1946, Saburo Yokozawa, manager of the Tokyo Senators in 1936–1937, looked to revive the franchise and soon founded the new Senators. He assembled a team of ready and able players like Hiroshi Oshita, Shigeya Iijima and Giichiro Shiraki, but as a newly formed team the Senators faced strict fiscal management and resorted to using hand-me-down uniforms from the Hankyu Railway's pre-war team (who would eventually become the modern-day Orix Buffaloes). Former Japanese statesman Kinkazu Saionji, grandson of the influential Kinmochi Saionji, became the team's owner, and Noboru Oride, borrowing heavily from a Ginzacabaret proprietor, became the team's sponsor. Eventually, trapped by a lack of funds, Yokozawa was forced to resign as the team's manager.
Making the Pitch 2023: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
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published: 03 May 2023
THEY HAVE NO QUARREL WITH HAM - A Brief History of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
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published: 18 Dec 2022
2022 Nippon-Ham Fighters Bloopers Gags Gaffs Wacky and Weird Moments That Would Make Big Boss Proud
No it's the NIPPON-HAM Fighters, not NIPPON HAM-FIGHTERS, they do not now nor have they ever engaged in combat with pork products.
I hope Big Boss Senpai Notices Me
#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
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published: 20 Dec 2022
Hokkaido Nippon ham Fighters music video
published: 23 Oct 2016
Watching the action at a Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters baseball game in Sapporo, Japan
published: 19 Apr 2019
MLB Angels Shohei Ohtani Outfield play appearance Compilation
MLB Angels Shohei Ohtani played a fair amount of outfield during his days in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
#Ohtani #Outfield #大谷翔平
published: 25 Apr 2021
Nippon Ham Fighters 2023 Preview: New Kids on the Block
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published: 06 Mar 2023
[ENG] Making the Pitch: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
We've reached out to some long-time Pacific League fans to help you decide which team to root for in the 2022 season. Next up are the newly-reskinned Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and one resident who's been following them for years, Joseph A.
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Host (and pencil art): Gabe Lerman
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#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
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published: 26 Mar 2022
Nippon-Ham Fighters’ ES CON Field - Station - outside - INSIDE !!! (Part 1) / エスコンフィールド 駅-外側-中!!
Walking from Kitahiroshima station to newly opened ES CON Field stadium and visiting the outside area and - for the first time - also INSIDE (!!!) the stadium - Part 1
published: 17 Mar 2023
Sapporo Nippon-Ham Fighters baseball fans
Japanese baseball fans know all sorts of chants. Here's one for the Nippon-Ham Fighters in Sapporo.
New season, new perspectives. We've gotten in touch with some longtime Pacific League fans to help you choose your new favorite team for 2023.
Enjoy Pacific Le...
New season, new perspectives. We've gotten in touch with some longtime Pacific League fans to help you choose your new favorite team for 2023.
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
All games will be streamed live on Dingo:watchdingo.com
The SDD game is scheduled for 1:00p ET on FTF Sports
FTF Sports distribution points:
DistroTV https://www.distro.tv/live/ftf-sports/
Dingo - 96 watchdingo.com
Fanatiz - http://fanatiz.com
Roku Channel - 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Zingo TV - 205
New season, new perspectives. We've gotten in touch with some longtime Pacific League fans to help you choose your new favorite team for 2023.
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
All games will be streamed live on Dingo:watchdingo.com
The SDD game is scheduled for 1:00p ET on FTF Sports
FTF Sports distribution points:
DistroTV https://www.distro.tv/live/ftf-sports/
Dingo - 96 watchdingo.com
Fanatiz - http://fanatiz.com
Roku Channel - 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Zingo TV - 205
Hey all, throughout December, and into January, I'll be putting out brief history videos on all 12 NPB teams. The next video will be on the Tokyo Yakult Swallow...
Hey all, throughout December, and into January, I'll be putting out brief history videos on all 12 NPB teams. The next video will be on the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gaijinbaseball
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaijinBaseball
Hey all, throughout December, and into January, I'll be putting out brief history videos on all 12 NPB teams. The next video will be on the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gaijinbaseball
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaijinBaseball
No it's the NIPPON-HAM Fighters, not NIPPON HAM-FIGHTERS, they do not now nor have they ever engaged in combat with pork products.
I hope Big Boss Senpai Noti...
No it's the NIPPON-HAM Fighters, not NIPPON HAM-FIGHTERS, they do not now nor have they ever engaged in combat with pork products.
I hope Big Boss Senpai Notices Me
#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
DistroTV http://bit.ly/FTFonDistroTV
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XUMO 711 http://bit.ly/XumoFTF
Fanatiz http://fanatiz.com
Zingo TV 205
Roku Channel 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Local Now http://bit.ly/FTFLocalNow
No it's the NIPPON-HAM Fighters, not NIPPON HAM-FIGHTERS, they do not now nor have they ever engaged in combat with pork products.
I hope Big Boss Senpai Notices Me
#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
DistroTV http://bit.ly/FTFonDistroTV
Samsung TV Plus 1167
XUMO 711 http://bit.ly/XumoFTF
Fanatiz http://fanatiz.com
Zingo TV 205
Roku Channel 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Local Now http://bit.ly/FTFLocalNow
MLB Angels Shohei Ohtani played a fair amount of outfield during his days in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
#Ohtani #O...
MLB Angels Shohei Ohtani played a fair amount of outfield during his days in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
#Ohtani #Outfield #大谷翔平
MLB Angels Shohei Ohtani played a fair amount of outfield during his days in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
#Ohtani #Outfield #大谷翔平
Let's preview the 2023 NPB season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
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Let's preview the 2023 NPB season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
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Let's preview the 2023 NPB season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
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We've reached out to some long-time Pacific League fans to help you decide which team to root for in the 2022 season. Next up are the newly-reskinned Hokkaido N...
We've reached out to some long-time Pacific League fans to help you decide which team to root for in the 2022 season. Next up are the newly-reskinned Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and one resident who's been following them for years, Joseph A.
Follow Joseph on Twitter @DarkMatter89
(Pacific League is not responsible or liable for the content on external parties' social media)
Host (and pencil art): Gabe Lerman
Edits: Michael Bilyj
#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
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Zingo TV 205
Roku Channel 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Local Now http://bit.ly/FTFLocalNow
We've reached out to some long-time Pacific League fans to help you decide which team to root for in the 2022 season. Next up are the newly-reskinned Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and one resident who's been following them for years, Joseph A.
Follow Joseph on Twitter @DarkMatter89
(Pacific League is not responsible or liable for the content on external parties' social media)
Host (and pencil art): Gabe Lerman
Edits: Michael Bilyj
#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
DistroTV http://bit.ly/FTFonDistroTV
Samsung TV Plus 1167
XUMO 711 http://bit.ly/XumoFTF
Fanatiz http://fanatiz.com
Zingo TV 205
Roku Channel 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Local Now http://bit.ly/FTFLocalNow
Walking from Kitahiroshima station to newly opened ES CON Field stadium and visiting the outside area and - for the first time - also INSIDE (!!!) the stadium -...
Walking from Kitahiroshima station to newly opened ES CON Field stadium and visiting the outside area and - for the first time - also INSIDE (!!!) the stadium - Part 1
Walking from Kitahiroshima station to newly opened ES CON Field stadium and visiting the outside area and - for the first time - also INSIDE (!!!) the stadium - Part 1
New season, new perspectives. We've gotten in touch with some longtime Pacific League fans to help you choose your new favorite team for 2023.
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
All games will be streamed live on Dingo:watchdingo.com
The SDD game is scheduled for 1:00p ET on FTF Sports
FTF Sports distribution points:
DistroTV https://www.distro.tv/live/ftf-sports/
Dingo - 96 watchdingo.com
Fanatiz - http://fanatiz.com
Roku Channel - 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Zingo TV - 205
Hey all, throughout December, and into January, I'll be putting out brief history videos on all 12 NPB teams. The next video will be on the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gaijinbaseball
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaijinBaseball
No it's the NIPPON-HAM Fighters, not NIPPON HAM-FIGHTERS, they do not now nor have they ever engaged in combat with pork products.
I hope Big Boss Senpai Notices Me
#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
DistroTV http://bit.ly/FTFonDistroTV
Samsung TV Plus 1167
XUMO 711 http://bit.ly/XumoFTF
Fanatiz http://fanatiz.com
Zingo TV 205
Roku Channel 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Local Now http://bit.ly/FTFLocalNow
MLB Angels Shohei Ohtani played a fair amount of outfield during his days in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
#Ohtani #Outfield #大谷翔平
Let's preview the 2023 NPB season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
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We've reached out to some long-time Pacific League fans to help you decide which team to root for in the 2022 season. Next up are the newly-reskinned Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and one resident who's been following them for years, Joseph A.
Follow Joseph on Twitter @DarkMatter89
(Pacific League is not responsible or liable for the content on external parties' social media)
Host (and pencil art): Gabe Lerman
Edits: Michael Bilyj
#HokkaidoNipponHamFighters #TohokuRakutenGoldenEagles #SaitamaSeibuLions #ChibaLotteMarines #OrixBuffaloes #FukuokaSoftBankHawks
Enjoy Pacific League Games on the following channels(U.S. and Canada only):
DistroTV http://bit.ly/FTFonDistroTV
Samsung TV Plus 1167
XUMO 711 http://bit.ly/XumoFTF
Fanatiz http://fanatiz.com
Zingo TV 205
Roku Channel 228 http://bit.ly/RokuFTF
Local Now http://bit.ly/FTFLocalNow
Walking from Kitahiroshima station to newly opened ES CON Field stadium and visiting the outside area and - for the first time - also INSIDE (!!!) the stadium - Part 1
The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters(北海道日本ハムファイターズ,Hokkaidō Nippon-Hamu Faitāzu) are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at the Sapporo Dome. The Fighters also host a select number of regional home games in cities across Hokkaidō, including Hakodate, Asahikawa, Kushiro, and Obihiro. The team's name comes from its parent organization, Nippon Ham, a major Japanese food processing company.
Founded in 1946, the Fighters called Tokyo home for 58years, as co-tenants of the Tokyo Dome with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants near the end of their tenure in the capital city. The franchise has won two Japan Series titles, in 1962 and 2006 and as well as one Asia Series title in 2006.
Team history
Senators and Tokyo eras
In 1946, Saburo Yokozawa, manager of the Tokyo Senators in 1936–1937, looked to revive the franchise and soon founded the new Senators. He assembled a team of ready and able players like Hiroshi Oshita, Shigeya Iijima and Giichiro Shiraki, but as a newly formed team the Senators faced strict fiscal management and resorted to using hand-me-down uniforms from the Hankyu Railway's pre-war team (who would eventually become the modern-day Orix Buffaloes). Former Japanese statesman Kinkazu Saionji, grandson of the influential Kinmochi Saionji, became the team's owner, and Noboru Oride, borrowing heavily from a Ginzacabaret proprietor, became the team's sponsor. Eventually, trapped by a lack of funds, Yokozawa was forced to resign as the team's manager.
Ohtani was a Pacific League most valuable player and Japan Series champion with the Nippon-Ham Fighters ... baseball when he said he signed with the Fighters and said he intended to be a two-way player.
Taiwan pro baseball's 2024 MVP, Gu Lin Ruei-yang, said Tuesday he hopes to lead by example by taking his talents to new heights with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan's Nippon ProfessionalBaseball league.
He played for the Nippon Ham Fighters from 2013-2017 ... A game-used Nippon Ham Fighters jersey from his final NPB season has recently gone up for auction at GreyFlannel Auctions.
Ohtani was selected in the first round by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in fall 2012 to begin his professional career. While Ohtani played in the Nippon ProfessionalBaseball league for the last ...
With a vision of developing the next big thing in the mold of their star alumnus Shohei Ohtani, the Nippon Ham Fighters picked a two-way talent in the first round of last month's draft.
Over four seasons with the Marines in NPB (Nippon ... Under the old agreement, the Nippon Ham Fighters, Ohtani’s NPB team, secured a posting fee of $20 million, the maximum allowed at the time.
But the grand slam for fans is the stadium's hotel, which comes with rooms overlooking the field where the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters play ... The Hokkaido Fighters, founded 78 years ago, compete in the ...
Martinez signed with the Reds before the 2024 season in a deal that included a player option for 2025 that he declined in recent days ... He also pitched in Japan from 2018-21 with the Nippon Ham Fighters and the Softbank Hawks. --Field LevelMedia ... .