Chiba, Chiba

Chiba is the capital of Chiba Prefecture; it lis located at the northern end of Tokyo Bay, 20 miles east of Tokyo.

Teams that have played here

• Chiba Lotte Marines, Pacific League (1992-Present)

People born here

• Keita Asama, NPB pitcher
• Minoru Ichihara, NPB infielder
• Kazuhisa Ishii, pitcher
• Masao Itakura, NPB catcher
• Kazunori Iyoda, NPB outfielder
• Masayuki Kakefu, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yasuyuki Kataoka, NPB infielder
• Ryo Kawashima, NPB pitcher
• Kensuke Kondo, NPB outfielder
• Yusuke Kurita, NPB pitcher
• Michihiro Ogasawara, NPB infielder
• Ryuya Ogawa, NPB pitcher
• Yoshiharu Ogawa, NPB pitcher and manager
• Akinori Otsuka, pitcher
• Tsutomu Sasaki, Japanese national team infielder
• Yukihiko Sato, NPB outfielder
• Toshikazu Sawazaki, NPB pitcher
• Hirofumi Sekine, NPB pitcher
• Shinichi Shikita, NPB catcher
• Yoshinobu Takahashi, NPB outfielder and manager
• Tatsuhiko Tanaka, minor league infielder
• Tomokazu Teramura, NPB pitcher
• Koji Tokunaga, Japanese national team infielder
• Fuminori Yokogawa, NPB outfielder

People who died here

• Toyohiko Aida, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshi Oshita, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Educational establishments located here

• Chiba Commercial High School
• Chiba Higashi High School
• Chiba Keizai University
• Chiba Keizai University High School
• Chiba Meitoku High School
• Chiba Technical High School
• Chiba University
• Kashiwai High School
• Keiai Gakuen High School
• Keiai University
• Makuhari Sogo High School
• Shukutoku University
• Toke High School
• Tokyo University of Information Sciences