Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Japanese professional baseball team

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp

広島東洋カープ
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Team logo | Cap insignia
Information
League| Nippon Professional Baseball

Central League (1950–present)
Location| Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark| Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima
Founded| December 5, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-12-05)
Nickname(s)| Koi (鯉, carp)
Japan Series championships| 3 (1979, 1980, 1984)
CL pennants| 9 (1975, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Playoff berths| 6 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023)
Former name(s)|

* Hiroshima Carp (1950–1967)

Former ballparks|

* Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (1957–2008)
* Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park (1950–1957)

Colors| Red, White, Navy

Mascot| Slyly
Retired numbers| 3, 8, 15
Ownership| Hajime Matsuda
Management| Matsuda family
Manager| Takahiro Arai
Current uniforms

(video) Number 18, Kenta Maeda, pitching a ball.

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (広島東洋カープ, Hiroshima Tōyō Kāpu) is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by Hajime Matsuda (松田元, Matsuda Hajime), who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda. Mazda is the largest single shareholder (34.2%), which is less than the portion owned by the Matsuda family (about 60%). Because of that, Mazda is not considered the owner firm. However, the company connection is highlighted in the club name; until 1984, Mazda's official name was Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (東洋工業株式会社, Tōyō Kōgyō Kabushiki Gaisha). The Carp are the only one of the 28 Asian professional baseball teams to be majority privately owned. As the Carp was founded only four years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and had risen to the Central League champion along with the reconstruction of Hiroshima, the team is often referred to as "the symbol of the post-war reconstruction of Hiroshima".[1]

Currently, the team has the longest Japan Series championship drought, as they are the only team to not win the series in the 21st century.

## History

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### Early years

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The Nippon Professional Baseball league was planned to be split into two separate leagues in 1949, and Hiroshima prefecture decided to establish a professional baseball team as part of the reconstruction process after the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The team joined the Central League in December 1949 as the Hiroshima Carp. They were named the Carp after the koi fish that climbed the rapids of Hiroshima Castle, chosen to signify Hiroshima's rebirth after the above said bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War 2, and their perseverance in adversity. Said name was put forth by a politician named Noboru Tanigawa, who was the face of Hiroshima's bid. Another name put forward was Greens, after a successful semi-professional team of the same name. Others included Bears, Rainbows, Doves, and morbidly, Atoms. However, all the names were put aside, as Tanigawa was so influential to the team's bid, he always had the final decision. [2][3]

The team's first home field was a prefecture-funded stadium, and the team's lack of sponsorship made it extremely difficult to recruit players. Manager Hideichi Ishimoto had to personally scout players just to form a starting lineup. The ragtag team ended up in last place from 1950 to 1951.

The team's lack of funding became an even more serious problem in 1951, and it was proposed by NPB that the team be disbanded, or merge with the Taiyo Whales team, which was based in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi at the time. Hiroshima citizens strongly protested against disbanding the team, and raised the money needed to keep the team through donations.

The Central League had seven teams in 1952, making it complicated to form a coherent schedule for each team. Therefore, it was decided that any team that ended the season with a winning percentage below .300 would be disbanded or merged with another team. This agreement may have targeted the Carp, since the team had been in last place every season. The team won only 37 games in 1952, mostly on the back of ace Ryōhei Hasegawa, but ended with a .316 winning percentage, saving itself from being disbanded. The Shochiku Robins ended the season in last place with a .288 winning percentage, and was merged with the Taiyo Whales. While the Robins "merged" with the Whales, since technically the Robins were jettisoned from NPB and folded, this left most of their star players as free agents; Hiroshima signed most of them as a result.

The team's financial plight only worsened in the following years, and the team could only issue one uniform per player in 1953. Nevertheless, the team continued to play each season. The team moved to the newly constructed Hiroshima Municipal Stadium in central Hiroshima in July 1957. Finally, in 1960, they ended the season above the .500 mark.

In 1968, the Toyo Kogyo company became the team's chief sponsor, and the company name was inserted to become the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. The company was renamed Mazda Motor Corporation in 1984 after the Matsuda family sold their stakes in the company to Ford, but kept their 60% stake in the team, which they hold onto to this very day. The Toyo name remains memorialized in the name of the baseball team, although the team is rarely mentioned by its full name; only in the draft and in official news outlets. The team ended the season above 3rd place for the first time the year corporate sponsorship started, but fell back into last place from 1972 to 1974. The Hiroshima Carp were also the last Japanese team to have a non-Japanese player on its roster (excluding Japanese-Americans). Zoilo Versalles, the 1965 American League MVP, was the first non-Japanese player to play for the Carp.

### "Akaheru" golden age

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A memorial plaque listing the team's Central League championships located next to old Hiroshima Municipal Stadium.

Red became the new team color in 1973, and the team's uniforms were redesigned. The current team uniform still resembles the 1973 design. The team logo was also changed from a letter "H" to a red wishbone-"C" in imitation of the Cincinnati Reds logo. The letter H logo still is used as the club's flag logo insignia.

The team hired its first non-Japanese manager, Joe Lutz, in 1975,[4] becoming the first Japanese professional team to hire a foreign manager. Lutz ordered the team's cap to be changed to red to symbolize a never-ending fighting spirit[citation needed], and he hired Gail Hopkins and Richie Scheinblum. A month into the season, Lutz and the Carp parted ways as he decided to quit since he felt umpires were calling games against the Carp.[5] However, the team won its first ever league championship in 1975 to begin a memorable series of seasons with Lutz's replacement Takeshi Koba. The Hankyu Braves would "sweep" them in 6 games, due to there being 2 ties in games 1 and 4.

The Carp team became a powerhouse in 1978, hitting over 200 home runs in one season for the first time in Japanese baseball history. Koji Yamamoto, Sachio Kinugasa, Jim Lyttle and Adrian Garrett formed the powerful Akaheru (meaning "Red Helmet") lineup, which won two consecutive pennants and Japan Series from 1979 to 1980, both against the Kintetsu Buffaloes. As of 2023, they remain the last Central League team to win back-to-back Japan Series rings. A strong pitching staff led to another Japan Series win in 1984 against the Braves. Koba retired in 1985, but the team still won the pennant the following year, losing to the Seibu Lions in 8 games. As of 2024, they are the last team to make it to the Japan Series without a single foreigner, including foreigners on the postseason roster. (The Orix Buffaloes would make it to the Japan Series in 2022 without a foreign batter, with the only foreigner on their postseason roster being pitcher Jacob Waguespack, although Central League wouldn't see the Climax Series for another 22 years.) The year after that, Kinugasa would break Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played streak, and would hold on to it until Cal Ripken Jr would break Gehrig's record, then his own in 1996.

Star player Koji Yamamoto became manager in 1989, and the team won yet another pennant in 1991. However, the team fell into last place in 1993, and Yamamoto resigned from his position.

### Dark years

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The Carp would endure a lengthy period without success after their 1991 pennant.

View from Hiroshima Municipal Stadium on March 14, 2004.

One of the major reasons for the team's fall after that 1991 pennant was the lack of financial support it received from its sponsors[citation needed]. The team never signed any free agents, and was often forced to let go of star players because they could no longer pay their salaries (recent examples include Tomoaki Kanemoto, Akira Etoh, Andy Sheets, Nate Minchey, John Bale, Greg LaRocca and Takahiro Arai).

Marty Brown became the manager in 2006, becoming the team's first non-Japanese manager in 31 years (since Joe Lutz). The team set a new record in April, 2006, scoring only 2 runs for the first 9 games of the season[citation needed]. Though still not finishing above third, the team concentrated on developing potential young players. In 2008, even though they were expected to finish last place[by whom?] as both the ace Hiroki Kuroda and slugger Takahiro Arai were gone by free agency, their chance of entering of playoffs was not eliminated until the very end of the season (when only 3 games remained), and they finished fourth, closely behind the Chunichi Dragons.

Beginning with the 2009 season, the team's home has been the New Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, also known as Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium, in the Minami (South) Ward of Hiroshima.

### Three consecutive championships and a period of revival

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After years of futility, the Carp finally regained success in 2016, finishing the regular season with NPB's best record and defeating the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in the Climax Series Final to advance to their first Japan Series since 1991, where they faced the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. The Carp won the first two games of the series at home, but the Fighters would win the next four games en route to the championship. After the season Hiroki Kuroda, who had returned to the Carp in 2015 following a stint in Major League Baseball, retired.

The Carp again finished with the Central League's best record in 2017, but were upset by the BayStars in a rematch of the previous year's Climax Series Final.

In 2018, the Carp captured another Central League Pennant and swept the Yomiuri Giants in the Climax Series Final. However, they once again came up short in the Japan Series, falling to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in five games.

The Carp finished the 2019 campaign in fourth place, missing the playoffs by a half game and ending the team's run of three consecutive Central League Pennants.

In 2020, the Carp finished 5th and once again missed the playoffs for a second consecutive year.

The Carp would finish in 4th place in the 2021 campaign, losing a playoff spot by just 2 games.

The 2022 season would begin with a major loss for the Carp, losing star player Seiya Suzuki after getting posted to the Chicago Cubs. Despite the setback, Hiroshima began the season 8-4 in their first 12 games. Despite the strong start, they missed out on the playoffs again, going 66-74-3.

Takahiro Arai is the new Carp manager for the 2023 season.[6]

Ryoma Nishikawa moved to Orix Buffaloes by FA and replaced by Hidaka Atsumi joined the team.[7]

The team acquired infielders Davidson[8] and McBroom as assistant foreign players that year.

The Carp were underdogs in the early going and were predicted to finish in last place, but in the end,

the Carp won 74 games and lost 65 games, finishing second to the third-place DeNA BayStars with only one loss.[9]

They finished in second place with only one loss. In the first stage of the Climax Series, they beat the third-place DeNA Bay Stars in three straight games, but lost three straight games to the top-ranked Hanshin in the final stage and missed the Nippon Series.

2024 season. The team's record for consecutive games without allowing a goal in the opening nine games of a season is broken.

This year, however, all the teams were in a slump.

The pitching was high and the hitting was low, making it difficult for pitches to fly. Although home runs would come later in the year. The Carp had an unusual lack of home runs.

Instead, the pitchers entered a golden age.

Pitchers with defensive ratios in the 3-point range were able to keep their numbers in the 0-point range one after another,The relay team also maintained a sense of stability.

They struggled mightily against the bottom-ranked Chunichi Dragons in both 2022 and 2023, sometimes dropping all three games in a row and often going scoreless for the entire season.

The egregious exchange game. The Carp had been struggling in the exchange games for some time now. The winning percentage in the series has rarely finished above 50%. However, this season, except for the Softbank Hawks They all went 2-1,[10]

And on June 7, in a game against the Chiba Lotte Marines.Daichi Ohsera became the 90th pitcher in history and the 102nd in the NPB to pitch a no-hitter.[11]

The team's winning percentage in the interleague games this year was more than 50%, finishing the first half of the season in first place.

From the second half of the season after the All-Star Game, offensive records and the home run count soared back up throughout the NPB. This reflected poorly on the Carp's small-ball-heavy lineup, which hit only 52 home runs, 44 fewer than the previous season.[12] . Combined with the collapse of the previously dominant pitching staff, they lost 20 games in September, falling from the top to missing the Climax Series in 4th place. This was the worst monthly record in team history and tied for the worst in the league.

Yusuke Nomura's retirement game was held in the last official game of the season, The entire schedule ended with a win.[13]

## Uniforms

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The former uniforms of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp are similar to the Major League Baseball team the Cincinnati Reds. The original uniforms of the Hiroshima Carp are descendants of the uniforms worn by the University of Chicago's varsity baseball team, which toured Japan in 1912 playing against major university teams.[14] One team they played was Chuo University who copied the uniforms including the distinctive "C" logo.[15] Alumni of the Chuo University team helped in founding the Hiroshima Carp.

## Current roster

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp roster

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First team | Second team

Pitchers

* 13 Daisuke Moriura
* 14 Daichi Ohsera
* 16 Shohei Mori
* 18 Masato Morishita
* 19 Hiroki Tokoda
* 20 Ryoji Kuribayashi
* 21 Shota Nakazaki
* 36 Atsuya Horie
* 41 Kenya Suzuki
* 42 Johan Domínguez
* 43 Sotaro Shimauchi
* 53 Shun Okamoto
* 65 Shogo Tamamura
* 68 Taylor Hearn

Catchers

* 27 Tsubasa Aizawa
* 31 Shogo Sakakura
* 32 Tomoki Ishihara

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Infielders

* 00 Ryutaro Hatsuki
* 4 Masaya Yano
* 5 Kaito Kozono
* 7 Shota Dobayashi
* 33 Ryosuke Kikuchi
* 69 Tatsuya Yamaashi
* 95 Elehuris Montero
* 99 Shoichi Futamata

Outfielders

* 9 Shogo Akiyama
* 37 Takayoshi Noma
* 52 Shota Suekane
* 59 Minoru Ohmori
* 61 Sandro Fabian
* 96 Shosei Nakamura

Manager

* 25 Takahiro Arai

Coaches

Head coach

* 77 Akihito Fujii

Outfield defense/Base running

* 80 Masato Akamatsu

Infield defense/Base running

* 90 Takumi Miyoshi

Hitting

* 83 Toyo Asayama
* 89 Tetsuya Kokubo

Pitching

* 74 Katsuhiro Nagakawa
* 86 Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara

Battery

* 81 Yoshiyuki Ishihara

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* 12 Haruki Ohmichi
* 17 Hayato Tsunehiro
* 22 Taichi Taka
* 24 Takumi Kurohara
* 26 Takehisa Masuda
* 28 Ryunosuke Sato
* 29 Makoto Kemna
* 30 Kazuki Takita
* 34 Kouya Takahashi
* 35 Kento Akatsuka
* 39 Ginji Hasebe
* 45 Ryuya Matsumoto
* 46 Kei Kawano
* 47 Yuta Saitoh
* 48 Makoto Aduwa
* 66 Atsushi Endoh
* 67 Harun Kikuchi
* 70 Atsumi Hidaka

Catchers

* 40 Yoshitaka Isomura
* 57 Taiki Mochimaru
* 62 Kanato Shimizu
* 64 Shoto Takagi

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* 0 Takashi Uemoto
* 2 Kosuke Tanaka
* 10 Tai Sasaki
* 44 Kota Hayashi
* 49 Yuto Watanabe
* 54 Yuya Nirasawa
* 58 Yuto Nakata
* 63 Shodai Uchida
* 94 Yusuke Satoh

Outfielders

* 38 Koki Ugusa
* 50 Kento Nakamura
* 55 Ryuhei Matsuyama
* 56 Shu Kubo
* 60 Shunsuke Tamura
* 97 Takahiro Nakamura

Manager

* 71 Shinji Koh

Coaches

Outfield defense/Base running

* 75 Jun Hirose

Infield defense/Base running

* 72 Akihiro Higashide

Hitting

* 84 Ryota Arai

Hitting/Base running

* 85 Kazuki Fukuchi

Pitching

* 82 Ryuji Yokoyama
* 87 Ken Takahashi

Battery

* 76 Yoshikazu Kura

Third squad

Supervisor

* 78 Tatsumi Une

Development pitching strengthening

* 73 Kanei Kobayashi

Position player

* 91 Yuichiro Mukae

Development Players

* 120 Takeru Sugita (P)
* 121 Norihiko Nabara (OF)
* 122 Toshiki Yasutake (C)
* 123 Tsubasa Kobune (P)
* 125 Taiga Tsuji (P)
* 126 Kaito Takeshita (P)
* 127 Seita Maekawa (IF)
* 128 Mirai Sugihara (P)
* 129 Tatsuto Kobayashi (P)
* 130 Moises Ramirez (IF)
* 131 Nelson Robert (OF)

Updated May 15, 2025  | → All NPB rosters

## Mascots and characters

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Slyly

* One of the team's two mascot's, "Carp Boy"(カープ坊や Kāpu Bōya), is seen in the team's logo. Their other mascot, "Slyly"(スラィリー Surairī), bears a resemblance to the Phillie Phanatic of the Philadelphia Phillies and has been with the team since 1995. Both Slyly and the Phillie Phanatic were designed by Harrison/Erickson which has also worked with Sesame Street and Jim Henson. The Slyly costume design was also previously used as Duncan the Dragon for the New Jersey Nets.[16]
* The first Japanese baseball dog "Mickey"(ミッキー Mikkī) was employed between 2005 and 2007. Mickey was a Golden Retriever who wore jersey number 111, and brought new balls to the umpire from the dugout during the game. Mickey died in 2009 at the age of 11.[17]
* Until 2015, Hiroshima Municipal Stadium was closed every year on August 6 in memorial of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The team always played in other stadiums, even if a home game was scheduled for that day.[citation needed] The team played their first August 6 home game at Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium in 2015. During the game all Carp players wore the uniform number 86 representing the date of the event 70 years prior, and PEACE on the front to symbolize the city's everlasting goal for world peace.[18]

## Unique cheer

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp Cheering Summary Site[1]

### Squat cheering

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Other teams usually repeat the lyrics of their anthems, but the Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Hiroshima Toyo Carp sings the lyrics once and then

they shout the name of the person they are cheering for.

In the first round, they sing the lyrics, but in the second round, they call out their names. At this time, the team is divided into two groups for cheering.

For example, if the player being cheered for is named "Kozono," one of them stands up and shouts

"Kozono" and then sits down.

The other performs in the same manner.

Repeat 3~5 sets

again, but with a slight lengthening of the pronunciation.

This type of cheering is also used when the Hiroshima Toyo Carp players go to bat at world championships and other events, such as the All-Star Game.

It is said that the reason why it is called "Squat Cheer" is because the cheering is done by repeatedly standing up and sitting down, and it is said to have taken root around 1993.[19]

### Three call

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In Japanese baseball cheering, "three calls" are made before the cheering song during the attack.

A famous example is "Kattobase Kattobase ○○" repeated three times, followed by "Kattobase-○○.

(Kattobase means to hit the ball anyway.)[20]

The "mo tte koi" call is "motte koi motte koi○○" repeated three times.

In the Carp After repeating the call, they shout "Motte Koi!

(The word "mottekoi" means "please hit a home run into the stands.)[21]

The same goes for home run calls.

## Chance thema

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In Japanese baseball, there is a unique cheering song called "Chance Theme," which is played mainly when the bases are loaded, or when first, second, third, or the bases are loaded.

## Carp Academies

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The Carp was the first Japanese baseball team to establish a baseball academy outside Japan. The team was unable to recruit non-Japanese players from the major leagues due to financial constraints, and the academy was established to cheaply send young players to play in Japan. The Carp Baseball Academy was created in the Dominican Republic in 1990, and Robinson Checo became the first player imported to Japan from the academy in 1995. Checo achieved moderate success in Japan, leading to further imports which include later-MLB players Timo Pérez and Alfonso Soriano.

In 2004, the Carp started a pitching academy in Guangdong, China, in an attempt "to expand the range of baseball in Asia."[22]

## Players of note

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### MLB players

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Active:

* Kenta Maeda (2016–)
* Seiya Suzuki (2022–)
* Ryan Brasier (2013, 2018–)

Retired:

* Colby Lewis (2002–2004, 2006–2007, 2010–2012, 2014–2016)
* Hiroki Kuroda (2008–2014)
* Ken Takahashi (2009)
* Richie Scheinblum (1975–1976)
* Alfonso Soriano (1999–2014)

### Retired numbers

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*   * 3 Sachio Kinugasa (1975–1987), (#28:1965–1974)
*   * 8 Koji Yamamoto (1971–1986, 2001–2005), (#27:1969–1970), (#88:1989–1993 as manager)
*   * 15 Hiroki Kuroda (1997–2007, 2015–2016) (#18:2008–2014 in MLB)

### Honored numbers

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*   * 1 Tomonori Maeda (1994–2013) -  Seiya Suzuki (2019–2021)
*   * 7 Kenjiro Nomura (1989–2005) -  Shota Dobayashi (2013–)
*   * 18 Shinji Sasaoka (1990-2007) -  Kenta Maeda (2008–2015) -  Masato Morishita (2020–）
*   * 20 Manabu Kitabeppu (1976–1994) -  Katsuhiro Nagakawa (2003–2019) -  Ryoji Kuribayashi (2021–）
*   * 25 Takahiro Arai (1999–2007、2016–2018, 2023–)

## Managers

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Name | Nationality | Period

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Shuichi Ishimoto |  Japan | 1950–1953
Katsumi Shiraishi |  Japan | 1953–1960, 1963–1965
Masato Monzen |  Japan | 1961–1962
Ryohei Hasegawa |  Japan | 1965–1967
Rikuo Nemoto |  Japan | 1968–1972
Katsuya Morinaga |  Japan | 1972, 1974–1975
Joe Lutz |  United States | 1975
Takeshi Koba |  Japan | 1975–1985
Junro Anan |  Japan | 1986–1988
Koji Yamamoto |  Japan | 1989–1993, 2001–2005
Toshiyuki Mimura |  Japan | 1994–1998
Mitsuo Tatsukawa |  Japan | 1999–2000
Marty Leo Brown |  United States | 2006–2009
Kenjiro Nomura |  Japan | 2010–2014
Koichi Ogata |  Japan | 2015–2019
Shinji Sasaoka |  Japan | 2020–2022
Takahiro Arai |  Japan | 2023–

## Farm team

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The team has a farm team in the lower Western League, also named Toyo Carp.[23]

The team's ball park, Yuu Baseball Ground is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Iwakuni in Yū, Yamaguchi.[24] Built in 1993, the facility has a large main (seating for 3500) playing field with right and left bleachers (no seating in centre field) and a smaller throwing field next to it.[23]

The team has other similar academies in other parts of the world, most notably, one in the Dominican Republic, which developed MLB great Alfonso Soriano.

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp

* Established in 1950
* Formerly the Hiroshima Carp
* Based in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

The Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* Players
* Managers

Ballparks|

* Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
* Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
* Mazda Stadium

Retired numbers|

* 3
* 8
* 15

Key personnel|

* Owner: Hajime Matsuda
* Management: Matsuda family
* Manager: Takahiro Arai

Japan Series championships (3)|

* 1979
* 1980
* 1984

Central League championships (9)|

* 1975
* 1979
* 1980
* 1984
* 1986
* 1991
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018

Climax Series berths (6)|

* 2013
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2023

Seasons (73)

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

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Nippon Professional Baseball

2024 season

Central League|

* Chunichi Dragons
* Hanshin Tigers
* Hiroshima Toyo Carp
* Tokyo Yakult Swallows
* Yokohama DeNA BayStars
* Yomiuri Giants

Pacific League|

* Chiba Lotte Marines
* Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
* Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
* Orix Buffaloes
* Saitama Seibu Lions
* Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Schedule|

* All-Star Series
* Interleague play
* Seasons
* World Baseball Classic

Postseason|

* Climax Series
* Japan Series

Awards|

* Eiji Sawamura Award
* Most Valuable Player
* Comeback Player of the Year
* Rookie of the Year
* Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award
* Best Nine Award
* Golden Spirit Award
* Matsutaro Shoriki Award
* Hall of Fame

Minor leagues|

* Western League
* Eastern League

Miscellaneous|

* Commissioner
* Players
* Foreign players
* Americans
* Rosters
* Stadiums
* Comparison with Major League Baseball
* Japanese Baseball League
* Black Mist Scandal
* No-hitters
* Perfect games

* Professional baseball in Japan

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp current roster

Pitchers|

* 11 Aren Kuri
* 12 Haruki Ohmichi
* 13 Daisuke Moriura
* 14 Daichi Ohsera
* 16 Shōhei Mori
* 17 Hayato Tsunehiro
* 18 Masato Morishita
* 19 Yusuke Nomura
* 20 Ryoji Kuribayashi
* 21 Shota Nakazaki
* 26 Takehisa Masuda
* 28 Hiroki Tokoda
* 29 Makoto Kemna
* 30 Kazuki Takita
* 34 Kōya Takahashi
* 36 Atsuya Horie
* 39 Ginji Hasebe
* 41 Takuya Yasaki
* 42 Thomas Hatch
* 43 Sotaro Shimauchi
* 45 Ryūya Matsumoto
* 46 Kei Kawano
* 47 Yūta Saitō
* 48 Makoto Aduwa
* 49 Chiaki Tone
* 53 Tatsuto Kobayashi
* 65 Shogo Tamamura
* 66 Atsushi Endoh
* 67 Yuta Nakamura
* 70 Atsumi Hidaka
* 93 Akitake Okada
* 98 Robert Corniel

Catchers|

* 27 Tsubasa Aizawa
* 31 Shogo Sakakura
* 32 Tomoki Ishihara
* 40 Yoshitaka Isomura
* 57 Taiki Mochimaru
* 62 Kanato Shimizu
* 64 Shōto Takagi

Infielders|

* 00 Kaisei Sone
* 0 Takashi Uemoto
* 2 Kosuke Tanaka
* 7 Shota Dobayashi
* 33 Ryosuke Kikuchi
* 35 Takumi Miyoshi
* 44 Kōta Hayashi
* 45 Tatsuki Kuwahara
* 51 Kaito Kozono
* 54 Yūya Nirasawa
* 61 Masaya Yano
* 63 Shōdai Uchida
* 69 Ryutaro Hatsuki
* 94 Yusuke Satoh
* 99 Shōichi Futamata

Outfielders|

* 9 Shogo Akiyama
* 37 Takayoshi Noma
* 38 Koki Ugusa
* 50 Kento Nakamura
* 55 Ryuhei Matsuyama
* 56 Shū Kubo
* 59 Minoru Ohmori
* 60 Shunsuke Tamura
* 96 Shosei Nakamura
* 97 Takahiro Nakamura

Development pitchers|

* 120 Takeru Sugita
* 122 Rei Sakata
* 125 Taiga Tsuji
* 126 Sō Shinya
* 128 Mirai Sugikawa
* 129 Reira Fujii

Development infielders|

* 127 Seita Maekawa

Development outfielders|

* 121 Norihiko Nabara

First squad
coaching|

* Manager: 25 Takahiro Arai
* Head coach:
* Outfield defense/base running coach: 93 Masato Akamatsu
* Infield defense/base running coach: 89 Tetsuya Kokubo
* Hitting coaches: 83 Toyo Asayama, 91 Yuichiro Mukae
* Pitching coaches: 86 Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara, 82 Ryuji Yokoyama
* Battery coach: 81 Yoshiyuki Ishihara

Second squad
coaching|

* Manager: 71 Shinji Koh
* Outfield defense/base running coach: 75 Jun Hirose
* Infield defense/base running coach: 72 Akihiro Higashide
* Hitting/base running coach: 85 Kazuki Fukuchi
* Hitting coach:
* Pitching coaches: 87 Ken Takahashi, 74 Katsuhiro Nagakawa
* Battery coach: 76 Yoshikazu Kura

Third squad
coaching|

* Gereral coach: 78 Tatsumi Une
* Pitching/strengthening coach: 73 Kanei Kobayashi

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Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize

* 1968: Shozo Saijo
* 1969: Yomiuri Giants
* 1970: Taihō Kōki
* 1971: Shigeo Nagashima
* 1972: Katsuaki Matsumoto
* 1973: Tadashi Sawamura
* 1974: Sadaharu Oh
* 1975: Hiroshima Toyo Carp
* 1976: Sadaharu Oh
* 1977: Sadaharu Oh
* 1978: Yakult Swallows
* 1979: Yoko Gushiken
* 1980: Yoko Gushiken
* 1981: Koichi Nakano
* 1982: Hiromitsu Ochiai
* 1983: Tatsuro Hirooka
* 1984: Sachio Kinugasa
* 1985: Randy Bass
* 1986: Hiromitsu Ochiai
* 1987: Ayako Okamoto
* 1988: Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
* 1989: Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
* 1990: Hideo Nomo
* 1991: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi
* 1992: Takanohana Kōji
* 1993: Kazuyoshi Miura
* 1994: Ichiro Suzuki
* 1995: Ichiro Suzuki
* 1996: Masashi Ozaki
* 1997: Hidetoshi Nakata
* 1998: Kazuhiro Sasaki
* 1999: Daisuke Matsuzaka
* 2000: Hideki Matsui
* 2001: Ichiro Suzuki
* 2002: Japan men's football team
* 2003: Hideki Matsui
* 2004: Asashōryū Akinori
* 2005: Asashōryū Akinori
* 2006: Japan national baseball team
* 2007: Urawa Red Diamonds
* 2008: Ryo Ishikawa
* 2009: Ryo Ishikawa
* 2010: Hakuhō Shō
* 2011: Japan women's football team
* 2012: Shinnosuke Abe
* 2013: Masahiro Tanaka
* 2014: Kei Nishikori
* 2015: Japan national rugby union team
* 2016: Shohei Ohtani
* 2017: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
* 2018: Shohei Ohtani
* 2022: Naoya Inoue
* 2023: Japan national baseball team
* 2024: Haruka Kitaguchi

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