Kyoto, Kyoto

Kyoto, whose name means "capital city", was the capital of Japan until 1868. It located in the center of Honshu Island, 30 miles northeast of Osaka and 40 miles northeast of Kobe.

Teams that have played here

• Taiyo Robins, Japan Baseball League (1949)
• Shochiku Robins, Central League (1950-1952)
• Kintetsu Buffaloes, Pacific League (1965-1971)

People born here

• Masato Akamatsu, NPB outfielder
• Takao Aoki, NPB pitcher
• Keiyo Aomatsu, NPB infielder
• Masashi Chikazawa, NPB catcher
• Kenji Chuma, NPB catcher
• Masaaki Esaka, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Fujino, NPB pitcher
• Toshiyuki Goto, NPB pitcher
• Kiyoshi Harada, NPB infielder
• Toshio Haru, NPB outfielder
• Shinya Hasegawa, NPB outfielder
• Koichi Hattori, NPB infielder
• Kenzo Hayashi, NPB infielder
• Yuki Hayashi, NPB pitcher
• Takashi Higashida, NPB catcher
• Ryohei Hosokawa, NPB infielder
• Kazushi Hosomi, NPB pitcher
• Naoki Hosomi, NPB catcher
• Shinjiro Hiyama, NPB outfielder
• Shinpei Ichii, NPB infielder
• Tsuyoshi Ishihara, NPB catcher
• Kazuhide Ishiyama, NPB catcher
• Tomohito Ito, NPB pitcher
• Keiji Iwahashi, NPB pitcher
• Toshiji Kadono, NPB pitcher
• Taiga Kamichatani, NPB pitcher
• Akio Kamiichi, NPB catcher
• Masayasu Kaneda, NPB outfielder and manager
• Takashige Kanehiko, NPB pitcher
• Yuji Kaneko, NPB outfielder
• Yoshinobu Kawakami, NPB outfielder
• Koji Kawamoto, NPB infielder
• Mototsugu Kawanaka, NPB utility man
• Hidekazu Kawano, NPB pitcher
• Sung-keun Kim, KBO manager
• Kuniyuki Kimoto, NPB infielder
• Shinichi Kimura, NPB infielder
• Sachio Kinugasa, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shigeji Kitamoto, NPB pitcher
• Shunsuke Kitamura, NPB infielder
• Koki Kitayama, NPB pitcher
• Eiji Kiyokawa, NPB pitcher
• Masanori Konishi, Japanese national team pitcher
• Akira Kunimatsu, NPB outfielder
• Yoshikazu Kura, NPB catcher
• Seita Maekawa, NPB infielder
• Yusuke Masago, NPB outfielder
• Kaichi Masu, NPB outfielder and manager
• Shintaro Masuda, NPB infielder
• Akihito Moritani, NPB outfielder
• Masaichi Nagata, NPB owner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takashi Nakagawa, NPB pitcher
• Yasuyuki Nakai, NPB outfielder
• Takeshi Nakamura, NPB catcher
• Nobuo Nakatani, NPB pitcher
• Akihisa Nishida, NPB catcher
• Masashi Nishimori, NPB catcher
• Ruito Nishimura, NPB infielder
• Shigetaka Nishio, NPB pitcher
• Tomokazu Ohka, pitcher
• Hideki Okajima, pitcher
• Hiroji Okajima, NPB infielder
• Yudai Ono, NPB pitcher
• Takao Osaki, NPB pitcher
• Satoru Ota, NPB infielder
• Kenji Otonari, NPB pitcher
• Kazumi Saitoh, NPB pitcher
• Toshizo Sakamoto, NPB infielder
• Michihisa Sawai, NPB infielder
• Hirokazu Shimizu, NPB pitcher
• Naoyuki Shimizu, pitcher
• Ginjiro Sumitani, NPB catcher
• Hiroyasu Tanaka, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Taneda, NPB pitcher
• Kunihisa Taneda, NPB infielder
• Kunisuke Tatsuichi, NPB infielder
• Ren Tawa, NPB pitcher
• Tadao Tominaga, NPB pitcher
• Takehiko Tsuji, NPB pitcher
• Shigeyuki Uehara, college coach
• Kunizo Umeda, NPB infielder
• Yoshihiko Umemura, NPB catcher
• Isao Wada, NPB pitcher
• Masaki Yachi, NPB pitcher
• Akichika Yamada, NPB pitcher
• Eiichiro Yamamoto, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Tadao Yamamoto, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Yamauchi, owner
• Koichi Yasui, NPB infielder and manager
• Yoshio Yoshida, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Masaru Yoshizaki, NPB pitcher

People who died here

• Atsushi Aramaki, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Takeo Furuya, NPB infielder
• Yukio Imaizumi, NPB catcher
• Shiro Ito, NPB pitcher
• Hajime Nishigaki, NPB pitcher
• Toshiaki Okamura, NPB outfielder
• Fumio Takechi, NPB pitcher
• Hiroshi Taneda, NPB pitcher
• Kunihisa Taneda, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Yamauchi, owner
• Hiroyuki Watanabe, NPB outfielder

Educational establishments located here

• Bukkyo University
• Doshisha High School
• Doshisha University
• Fushimi High School
• Hanazono High School
• Hanazono University
• Higashiyama High School
• Horikawa High School
• Karasuma High School
• Katsura High School
• Kitasaga High School
• Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
• Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School
• Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Kyoto Kogakkan High School
• Kyoto Kokusai High School
• Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
• Kyoto Prefectural University‎
• Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
• Kyoto Ryoyo High School
• Kyoto Sangyo University
• Kyoto Seisho High School
• Kyoto University
• Kyoto University of Advanced Science
• Kyoto University of Advanced Science High School
• Kyoto University of Education
• Momoyama High School
• Ohki High School
• Otani High School
• Otani University
• Rakuhoku High School
• Ritsumeikan University
• Ryukoku University
• Saikyo High School
• Subaru High School
• Toba High School
• Tonan High School
• Yamashiro High School