Hanshin Tigers
Hanshin Tigers (jap:阪神タイガース) ttiimu ya Japan eya baseball ey'ekikugu . Yali mu liigi ya Central League . Ekisaawe ky’awaka kiri Koshien Stadium mu kibuga Nishinomiya mu ssaza ly’e Hyogo . Erinnya erifunze ye " Hanshin " ate erinnya ly'ekika ye " Tigers ". Oluusi kiyitibwa " tiger " oba " fighting tiger ". Mu ttiimu 12 eza baseball ez’ekikugu eziriwo mu Japan , erina ebyafaayo eby’okubiri mu buwanvu oluvannyuma lwa Yomiuri Giants, era y’emu ku ttiimu ezaatandika liigi ya baseball ey’ekikugu mu 1936 . Okutuuka mu 1960, yayitibwanga Osaka Tigers okuggyako ekiseera mu lutalo.
Ekitongole ekiddukanya emirimu kino ye Hanshin Tigers Co., Ltd. Kkampuni eno enkulu ye Hanshin Electric Railway ( kkampuni ya Hankyu Hanshin Holdings ).
Obuwanguzi bwa liigi butaano (ekwata ekifo kya 5 mu muwendo gw’obuwanguzi), omulundi gumu gwokka mu Japan (ekwatagana n’esinga wansi mu ttiimu 12 ), era okuva mu 1987 okutuuka mu 2001 , emyaka egy’ekizikiza egy’okubbira wansi emirundi 10 ku sizoni 15. Nga Nze nfunye, okuva liigi lwe yatandikibwawo (1950), omugatte gw’abawanguzi guli mu kyakubiri mu liigi, era yeewaanira ku maanyi aganywevu mu sizoni nnyingi mwe yayingira kiraasi ya A.