Kochi, Kochi

Kochi is the capital of Kochi Prefecture, located on the southern coast of Shikoku Island, the smallest of Japan's four main islands.

Teams that have played here

• Kochi Fighting Dogs, Shikoku Island League plus (2005- )

People born here

• Ryutaro Doi, NPB pitcher
• Shosuke Doi, NPB infielder
• Takenori Emoto, NPB pitcher
• Kyuji Fujikawa, pitcher
• Tomoyasu Hagino, Japanese national team pitcher
• Kazushi Hamada, college coach
• Yuta Ichikawa, NPB pitcher
• Akira Iwamoto, NPB outfielder
• Akira Kadotani, NPB pitcher
• Takuya Kinoshita, NPB catcher
• Kenji Komatsu, NPB outfielder
• Toshihiro Komatsu, NPB pitcher
• Kojiro Machida, NPB outfielder
• Yukichi Maeda, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Keiji Nagasaki, NPB outfielder
• Hiroaki Nakayama, NPB pitcher
• Kazutaka Nishiyama, NPB pitcher
• Isao Ohashi, NPB catcher
• Akio Osaki, NPB pitcher
• Yuki Sakaeda, NPB catcher
• Shinya Shimada, NPB infielder
• Rinshiro Shimamura, NPB catcher
• Shigeru Sugimura, NPB infielder

Educational institutions located here

• Kochi High School
• Kochi Chuo High School
• Kochi Commercial High School
• Kochi Marunouchi High School
• Kochi Otemae High School
• Kochi University
• Tosa High School