Chunichi Dragons

Chunichi Dragons
Chunichi Dragons
中日ドラゴンズ
Information
League	Nippon Professional Baseball Central League (1950–present) Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949)
Location	Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Ballpark	Vantelin Dome Nagoya
Founded	January 15, 1936
Nickname(s)	Ryu (竜, dragon)
CL pennants	9 (1954, 1974, 1982, 1988, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011)
Japan Series championships	2 (1954, 2007)
Former name(s)	Nagoya Dragons (1951–1953); Chunichi Dragons (1948–1950); Chubu Nippon Dragons (1947); Chubu Nippon (1946); Sangyo Club (1944); Nagoya Club (1936–1943);
Former ballparks	Nagoya Stadium (1949–1996); Korakuen Stadium (1948);
Colors	Blue, White;
Mascot	Doala, Shaolon, and Paolon
Playoff berths	6 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Retired numbers	10; 15;
Ownership	Uichirō Ōshima
Management	Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd
Manager	Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
Uniforms

The Chunichi Dragons (中日ドラゴンズ, Chūnichi Doragonzu) are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) and the Japan Series twice (in 1954 and 2007). They were also champions in the 2007 Asia Series.