Orix Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes
オリックス・バファローズ
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
League	Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific League (1950–present) Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949)
Location	HQ in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Ballpark	Kyocera Dome Osaka Hotto Motto Field Kobe
Founded	January 23, 1936; 88 years ago (1936-01-23)[1]
PL pennants	15 (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Japan Series championships	5 (1975, 1976, 1977, 1996, 2022)
Former name(s)	Orix BlueWave (1991–2004) Orix Braves (1989–1990) Hankyu Braves (1947–1988) Hankyu Club (1936–1946)
Former ballparks	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium (1937–1990) Takarazuka Stadium (1936)
Colors	Navy Blue, Gold, White
Mascot	Buffalo Bull and Buffalo Bell
Playoff berths	10 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2008, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Ownership	Yoshihiko Miyauchi
Management	Orix
Manager	Satoshi Nakajima
Uniforms

The Orix Buffaloes (オリックス・バファローズ, Orikkusu Bafarōzu) are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The team plays in the Pacific League and is under ownership by Orix, a financial services company founded in Osaka.

The combined team began play in 2005. The Buffaloes split home games between Kyocera Dome Osaka, the home of the original Buffaloes franchise, and Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, the former home of the BlueWave, when the Hanshin Tigers have to use Kyocera Dome. The Tigers' main home stadium, Hanshin Koshien Stadium, is used for the two biggest high-school tournaments in Japan, the Senbatsu in March, coliding with the opening of the NPB season, and during the Japanese High School Baseball Championship in August.

Through 2022, the club's all-time record is 5,543–5,297–410 (.511).