Kobe, Hyogo

Kobe is one of the ten largest cities in Japan and its third largest port after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located on Osaka Bay, on the south side of the island of Honshu, 15 miles west of Osaka. Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium is here.

Teams that have played here

• Orix Braves, Pacific League (1989-1990)
• Orix BlueWave, Pacific League (1991-2004)
• Orix Buffaloes, Pacific League (2005-Present)
• Orix Buffaloes (farm team), Western League

People born here

• Hiroshi Aoyama, NPB outfielder
• Iwao Beppu, NPB catcher
• Takehiko Bessho, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shozo Doi, NPB infielder and manager
• Nobuyuki Ebisu, NPB pitcher
• Yuma Fugo, Japanese national team pitcher
• Hiroshi Fujimoto, minor league catcher
• Hiroki Fujioka, NPB infielder
• Yasuhiro Fukami, NPB outfielder
• Hiroto Fuku, NPB pitcher
• Tatsuya Hashimoto, NPB pitcher
• Tsutomu Hashimoto, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Hida, NPB outfielder
• Shuna Hori, NPB catcher
• Ryuichiro Iida, NPB pitcher
• Yuya Iida, NPB pitcher
• Koichi Ikeue, NPB pitcher
• Kazuo Imanishi, NPB outfielder
• Yoshiaki Ishimoto, NPB pitcher
• Ryota Ishioka, NPB infielder
• Hiroji Kaizuka, NPB pitcher
• Masaaki Kamanaka, NPB pitcher
• Yumeto Kanemaru, NPB pitcher
• Hiroshi Kaneyoshi, NPB pitcher
• Setsujiro Kataoka, NPB pitcher
• Toru Kawagoe, NPB catcher
• Tomohiro Kinoshita, NPB pitcher
• Takao Kinugawa, Japanese national team outfielder
• Yukio Kinugawa, NPB catcher
• Ryoto Kita, NPB outfielder
• Akiyoshi Kobayashi, NPB infielder
• Yuichi Kohama, NPB pitcher
• Tokuyoshi Kono, trainer
• Takumi Kuriyama, NPB outfielder
• Satoshi Kuroda, NPB infielder
• Katsuhiro Maeda, NPB pitcher
• Masashi Maruyama, Japanese national team infielder
• Atsuhiro Mitsuhara, NPB pitcher
• Michio Miura, NPB pitcher
• Yukinobu Miyamoto, NPB pitcher
• Yoshimi Moritaki, NPB pitcher
• Mitsuo Motoi, NPB infielder
• Kingo Motoyashiki, NPB infielder
• Shinichi Murata, NPB catcher
• Ryota Nagai, NPB pitcher
• Tadami Nakatani, NPB outfielder
• Masashi Nara, NPB pitcher
• Akitada Niiyama, NPB pitcher
• Isami Nomura, NPB infielder
• Akira Okamoto, NPB pitcher
• Shinji Omura, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Oshita, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Koichi Ota, NPB pitcher
• Koji Otsuka, NPB outfielder
• Hiroto Saiki, NPB pitcher
• Kiyoharu Sakata, NPB infielder
• Toshiki Sakurai, NPB pitcher
• Naoki Sato, NPB outfielder
• Hiroaki Shibaike, NPB pitcher
• Hidenosuke Shima, NPB outfielder and umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tatsuya Shiokawa, NPB infielder
• Mac Suzuki, pitcher
• Shinichi Takeuchi, NPB infielder
• Masafumi Takeda, NPB pitcher
• Hiromasa Tamano, NPB infielder
• Ichiro Tamura, NPB pitcher
• Ryosuke Tatsumi, NPB outfielder
• Takaya Toda, NPB pitcher
• Masao Tokaji, NPB catcher
• Takeaki Tokuyama, NPB pitcher
• Katsuya Udo, NPB pitcher
• Katsuji Ueno, NPB outfielder
• Takashi Yamaguchi, NPB pitcher
• Kodai Matsumoto, NPB pitcher
• Masao Yamamoto, NPB outfielder
• Iori Yamasaki, NPB pitcher
• Minoru Yamashita, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kazuya Yano, NPB pitcher
• Yuma Yasuda, NPB catcher
• Mitsuo Yoneyama, NPB infielder
• Takashi Yoshida, NPB catcher
• Kunihiro Yoshioka, NPB pitcher

People who died here

• Fumio Fujimura, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takao Kajimoto, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Motoyasu Kuroki, NPB outfielder
• Shigemasa Masu, NPB infielder
• Shozo Watanabe, NPB pitcher
• Shintaro Yokota, NPB outfielder

Educational establishments located here

• Fukiai High School
• Higashinada High School
• Hyogo Commercial High School
• Hyogo Technical High School
• Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo High School
• Ikuei High School
• Kitasuma High School
• Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• Kobe Commercial High School
• Kobe Gakuin University
• Kobe High School
• Kobe International University High School
• Kobe International University
• Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School
• Kobe Nishi High School
• Kobe Tokiwa Girl's High School
• Kobe University
• Konan University
• Nagata High School
• Rokko Island High School
• Saisei Engineering High School
• Shinko Gakuen High School
• Shinko Tachibana High School
• Suma Shofu High School
• Takikawa High School
• Takikawa Daini High School
• University of Hyogo
• University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences