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A little over a month ago I made a video covering why Asian Baseball teams have English nicknames, and it, uh, kinda popped off by my standards. So, with other projects of mine hitting roadblocks, I thought, well I’ve explained why the names are in English, but I only explained how 1 team got their nickname, that being the Yomiuri Giants.
So I thought I’d give you a rundown on the nickname history of all 12 NPB clubs, and how they got those nicknames.
Longtime viewers of this channel may remember that I made a video like this covering Japanese teams before… but I really wasn’t proud of it so I chose to delete it. So, I thought, hey what better time to remake that video.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Chunichi Dragons
2:50 Chiba Lotte Marines
6:37 Hanshin Tigers
8:27 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
11:30 Hiroshima Toyo Carp
13:45 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
16:34 Tokyo Yakult Swallows
19:49 Orix (and Kintetsu) Buffaloes
23:46 Yokohama DeNA BayStars
26:05 Saitama Seibu Lions
27:26 Yomiuri Giants
28:26 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
29:25 OutroTwitter: https://x.com/GaijinBaseball
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