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Nippon Blue Jays

The Nippon Blue Jays are a baseball team that play in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Beisebol (CBB), the top division of baseball in Brazil. They are the most successful team in the tournament, with 12 championships since 1993.[1] The team is owned by and based at the Nippon Country Club, a Japanese Brazilian country club in Arujá, São Paulo.[2]

Nippon Blue Jays
Information
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro de Beisebol
LocationArujá, São Paulo, Brazil
League championships12 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2018)
ColorsRoyal blue, navy blue, red, white
       
CoachRicardo Kenji Matumaro

The team is not officially affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball, but uses their logo and colors. This stems from José Pett, a Brazilian pitcher who signed with the MLB Blue Jays in 1993 as an international free agent; Pett's Brazilian club adopted the name “Blue Jays” in his honor, with the permission of the Toronto franchise.[3][4][5] Toronto even donated authentic uniforms to the Brazilian club, upon Pett's request.[6]

Roster edit

Nippon Blue Jays roster - 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Beisebol
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • --   Gabriel de Souza
  • 39   Leo Haneda
  • --   Enrique Koyoma
  •  7   Seiji Kusakariba
  • 12   Claudio Matumoto Jr.
  • --   Daniel Missaki
  • 17   Caio Norimatsu
  • --   Eric Pardinho
  • --   Noah Ribeiro
  • --   Kenzo Sakita
  • 97   Kevin Sunahara
  • 10   Mauro Tanaka
  • --   Tomas Uemura
 Catchers
  • 54   Gustavo Kitamura
  • 33   Salomon Koba
  • --   Gabriel Oshikawa
  • 45   Caio Tuni

Infielders

  • 99   Murilo de Lima
  • --   Vitor Furuya
  • 34   Felipe Kimura
  • 61   Matheus Lelis
  •  9   Erick Makita
  •  2   Lucas Oshikawa
  • --   Thiago Sakai
  • --   Pedro Sanches
  • --   Rafael Seriguti
  •  5   Ricardo Suzuki
  • 60   Danilo Uehara
  •  3   Rodrigo Uehara

Outfielders

  • 42   Caio Adaniya
  • 89   Lucas Ariki
  • --   Gabriel Asakura
  • --   João de Veque
  • 21   Niki Hayama
  • 22   Pedro Irikura
  •  4   Miguel Irikura
  •  1   Enzo Matumoto
  • --   Zander Okimasu
  • --   Fabio Yoshikawa
  • 48   Raphael Zanotti
 Manager
  •   Ricardo Matumaro

Roster updated on 19 April 2024


See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Campeonato Brasileiro de Beisebol" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Beisebol e Softbol.
  2. ^ "Beisebol/Softbol" (in Portuguese). Nippon Country Club.
  3. ^ "How baseball became Brazilian". Defector. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ Bill Clark (3 January 2023). "How Pele Became a Major Player in Baseball History". Patreon. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Jays sign minor-league deal with Brazilian pitcher". Toronto Star. 23 February 2007.
  6. ^ "Meet Brazil's Most Valuable Arm". ESPN. 26 December 2017.
 

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