Intercity baseball tournament
The intercity baseball tournament (都市対抗野球大会 Toshi Taikō yakyū taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Summer All-star" (真夏の球宴 manatsu no kyūen), is an annual nationwide inter-city baseball tournament in Japan. The winners are awarded the "Black Lion Flag" (黒獅子旗 kurojishi ki), runners-up are awarded the "White Lion Flag" (白獅子旗 shirojishi ki).
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1927 |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Country |  Japan |
| Most recent champion(s) | Toyota (Toyota Motor Corporation) (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Team: ENEOS (12) City: Tokyo city/Tokyo (14) |
| TV partner(s) | NHK, Gaora |
| Official website | www.jaba.or.jp/toshitaikou/ |
Winners
A bracket after city and team in champion column indicates number of titles.
(baseball team) links to Japanese wikipedia article except club team and team does not have an article.
| Ed | Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1927 | Dalian, Manchuria Club | 3-0 | Osaka, All Osaka |
| 2 | 1928 | Dalian (2), Dalian works team | 1-0 | Tokyo City, Tokyo Club |
| 3 | 1929 | Dalian (3), Manchuria Club (2) | 5-0 | Nagoya, Nagoya Railway Bureau (baseball team) |
| 4 | 1930 | Tokyo City, Tokyo Club | 10-5 | Nagoya, Nagoya Railway Bureau |
| 5 | 1931 | Tokyo City (2), Tokyo Club (2) | 12-6 | Yokohama, All Yokohama |
| 6 | 1932 | Kobe, All Kobe | 1-0 | Dalian, Manchuria Club |
| 7 | 1933 | Tokyo City (3), Tokyo Club (3) | 6x-5 | Keijō, All Keijō |
| 8 | 1934 | Osaka, All Osaka | 7x-6 | Yahata, Yawata Steel (baseball team) |
| 9 | 1935 | Tokyo City (4), Tokyo Club (4) | 3-0 | Kawasaki, Columbia (baseball team) |
| 10 | 1936 | Moji, Moji Railway Bureau (baseball team) | 5-1 | Dalian, Manchuria Club |
| 11 | 1937 | Yahata, Yawata Steel | 3-1 | Tokyo City, Tokyo Club |
| 12 | 1938 | Tokyo City (5), Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation (baseball team) | 4-1 | Keijō, All Keijō |
| 13 | 1939 | Tokyo City (6), Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation (2) | 3-0 | Shōnai, Shōnai Tamurakoma (baseball team) |
| 14 | 1940 | Keijō, All Keijō | 4-0 | Dalian, Dalian works team |
| 15 | 1941 | Tournament cancelled due to war escalation[lower-alpha 1] | ||
| 16 | 1942 | Keijō (2), All Keijō (2)[lower-alpha 2] | 12-6 | Osaka, Daido Steel Co., Ltd.[lower-alpha 3] |
| Tournament cancelled due to war escalation (1943–45) | ||||
| 17 | 1946 | Gifu, Dai Nippon Construction (baseball team) | 3-0 | Kiryū, All Kiryū |
| 18 | 1947 | Gifu (2), Dai Nippon Construction (2) | 8-2 | Takasago, Kanebo Takasago (baseball team ) |
| 19 | 1948 | Fukuoka, Nishi-Nippon Railroad (baseball team) | 8-1 | Beppu, Hoshinogumi (baseball team) |
| 20 | 1949 | Osaka (2), All Kanebo (baseball team) | 6-1 | Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi (baseball team) |
| 21 | 1950 | Beppu, Hoshinogumi | 8-2 | Yoshiwara, Daishowa Paper (baseball team) |
| 22 | 1951 | Osaka (3), All Kanebo (2) | 3-2 | Osaka, Nankai-doken (baseball team[lower-alpha 4]) |
| 23 | 1952 | Osaka (4), All Kanebo (3)[lower-alpha 5] | 11-5 | Futase, Nittetsu Futase |
| 24 | 1953 | Yoshiwara, Daishowa Paper | 3-0 | Osaka, All Kanebo |
| 25 | 1954 | Yahata (2), Yawata Steel (2) | 5-2 | Tokyo, All Fujikura |
| 26 | 1955 | Osaka (5), All Kanebo (4) | 5-1 | Osaka, Kanegafuchi Chemical |
| 27 | 1956 | Yokohama, Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (baseball team) | 3-2 | Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi |
| 28 | 1957 | Tokyo (7), Kumagai Gumi | 4-0 | Urawa, Nippon Express (baseball team) |
| 29 | 1958 | Yokohama (2), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (2) | 4-0 | Futase, Nittetsu Futase |
| 30 | 1959 | Matsuyama, Maruzen Petroleum (baseball team) | 6-4 | Kamaishi, Fuji Steel Kamaishi (baseball team) |
| 31 | 1960 | Tokyo (8), Kumagai Gumi (2) | 3x-2 (10 innings) | Kadoma Town, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (baseball team[lower-alpha 6]) |
| 32 | 1961 | Yokohama (3), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (3) | 4-2 (12 innings) | Nagoya, Shin-Mitsubishi Jukogyo Nagoya (baseball team[lower-alpha 7]) |
| 33 | 1962 | Yokohama (4), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (4) | 12-0 | Nagoya, Nippon Express Nagoya (baseball team) |
| 34 | 1963 | Kyoto, Sekisui Chemical | 4-3 | Muroran, Fuji Steel Muroran (baseball team) |
| 35 | 1964 | Urawa, Nippon Express | 2-0 | Kawasaki, Nippon Columbia |
| 36 | 1965 | Osaka (6), Denden Kinki (baseball team) | 4-0 | Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries (baseball team[lower-alpha 8]) |
| 37 | 1966 | Tokyo (9), Kumagai Gumi (3) | 4x-3 (10 innings) | Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries |
| 38 | 1967 | Yokohama (5), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (5) | 4-2 (12 innings) | Hamamatsu, Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. (baseball team) |
| 39 | 1968 | Himeji, Nippon Steel Hirohata (baseball team[lower-alpha 9]) | 1-0 | Hamamatsu, Kawai Musical Instruments (baseball team) |
| 40 | 1969 | Chiba, Denden Kantō (baseball team) | 2x-1 | Ōta, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (baseball team) |
| 41 | 1970 | Fuji, Daishowa Paper (2) | 1-1 (tied after 14 innings) 3-0 | Kobe, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe (baseball team[lower-alpha 10]) |
| 42 | 1971 | Himeji (2), Nippon Steel Hirohata (2) | 6-2 | Matsuyama, Maruzen Petroleum |
| 43 | 1972 | Hamamatsu, Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. | 4-0 | Kawasaki, Mitsubishi Motors Kawasaki (baseball team) |
| 44 | 1973 | Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan (baseball team) | 11-2 | Yokosuka, Nissan Motors (baseball team) |
| 45 | 1974 | Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido (baseball team) | 4-0 (10 innings) | Kitakyushu, Nippon Steel Yawata[lower-alpha 11] |
| 46 | 1975 | Chiba (2), Denden Kantō (2) | 3-0 | Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido |
| 47 | 1976 | Kawasaki (2), Nippon Kokan (2) | 1-0 | Sapporo, Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (baseball team) |
| 48 | 1977 | Kobe (2), Kobe Steel (baseball team[lower-alpha 12]) | 3-0 | Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi |
| 49 | 1978 | Kawasaki (3), Toshiba (baseball team) | 4-0 | Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan |
| 50 | 1979 | Hiroshima, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima (baseball team[lower-alpha 13]) | 6-4 | Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi |
| 51 | 1980 | Fuji (3), Daishowa Paper (3) | 8-3 | Sapporo, Sapporo Toyopet (baseball team) |
| 52 | 1981 | Tokyo (10), Denden Tokyo (baseball team) | 3-2 | Kawasaki, Toshiba |
| 53 | 1982 | Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries | 5-4 | Fukuyama, Nippon Kokan Fukuyama (baseball team) |
| 54 | 1983 | Kawasaki (4), Toshiba (2) | 8-3 | Nagoya, Nippon Steel Nagoya (baseball team[lower-alpha 14]) |
| 55 | 1984 | Yokosuka, Nissan Motors | 10-9 | Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan |
| 56 | 1985 | Osaka (7), Nippon Life (baseball team) | 4-3 | Kawasaki, Toshiba |
| 57 | 1986 | Yokohama (6), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (6) | 9-7 | Kanazawa, NTT Hokuriku (baseball team) |
| 58 | 1987 | Hamamatsu (2), Yamaha Corporation (2) | 4-3 | Kawasaki, Toshiba |
| 59 | 1988 | Kawasaki (5), Toshiba (3) | 3x-2 | Nagoya, NTT Tōkai (baseball team) |
| 60 | 1989 | Tokyo (11), Prince Hotels (baseball team[lower-alpha 15]) | 8-3 | Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido |
| 61 | 1990 | Hamamatsu (3), Yamaha Corporation (3) | 12-11 | Himeji, Nippon Steel Hirohata |
| 62 | 1991 | Kawasaki (6), Toshiba (4) | 16-6 | Nagasaki, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki (baseball team[lower-alpha 16]) |
| 63 | 1992 | Osaka (8), Nippon Life (2) | 4-2 | Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi |
| 64 | 1993 | Yokohama (7), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (7) | 7-5 | Urawa, Nippon Express |
| 65 | 1994 | Suzuka, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Suzuka (baseball team[lower-alpha 17]) | 5-3 | Ōgaki, Seino Transportation (baseball team) |
| 66 | 1995 | Yokohama (8), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (8) | 8x-7 (10 innings) | Fukuyama, NKK |
| 67 | 1996 | Wakō, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (baseball team[lower-alpha 18]) | 8-7 | Hiroshima, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima |
| 68 | 1997 | Osaka (9), Nippon Life (3) | 5-3 | Urawa, Nippon Express |
| 69 | 1998 | Yokosuka (2), Nissan Motors (2) | 11-3 | Chiba, Kawasaki Steel Chiba (baseball team) |
| 70 | 1999 | Kawasaki (7), Toshiba (5) | 12-0 | Nagasaki, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki |
| 71 | 2000 | Kawasaki (8), Mitsubishi Motors Kawasaki | 9-3 | Osaka, Osaka Gas (baseball team) |
| 72 | 2001 | Hamamatsu (4), Kawai Musical Instruments | 6-3 | Okazaki, Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki (baseball team) |
| 73 | 2002 | Fujisawa, Isuzu Motors Ltd (baseball team) | 2-0 | Ōzu, Honda Kumamoto (baseball team[lower-alpha 19]) |
| 74 | 2003 | Kawasaki (9), Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki (2) | 5-4 | Chōfu, Shidax (baseball team) |
| 75 | 2004 | Kasugai, Oji Paper Company (baseball team) | 6x-5 (10 innings) | Sayama, Honda (baseball team[lower-alpha 20]) |
| 76 | 2005 | Kawasaki (10), Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki (3) | 6-3 | Yokosuka, Nissan Motors |
| 77 | 2006 | Nikaho, TDK (baseball team) | 4-3 | Yokosuka, Nissan Motors |
| 78 | 2007 | Kawasaki (11), Toshiba (6) | 7-5 | Tokyo, JR East Japan (baseball team) |
| 79 | 2008 | Yokohama (9), Nippon Oil Corporation ENEOS[lower-alpha 21] (9) | 4-1 | Kasugai, Oji Paper Company |
| 80 | 2009 | Sayama, Honda (2)[lower-alpha 22] | 4-2 | Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation (baseball team) |
| 81 | 2010 | Kawasaki (12), Toshiba (7) | 2-0 | Kitakyushu, JR Kyushu |
| 82 | 2011 | Tokyo (12), JR East Japan | 2x-1 (11 innings) | Tokyo, NTT East Japan |
| 83 | 2012 | Yokohama (10), JX-ENEOS (10) | 6-3 | Tokyo, JR East Japan |
| 84 | 2013 | Yokohama (11), JX-ENEOS (11) | 3-1 | Tokyo, JR East Japan |
| 85 | 2014 | Ōgaki, Seino Transportation | 2-0 | Ōta, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| 86 | 2015 | Osaka (10), Nippon Life (4) | 5-3 (14 innings) | Osaka, Osaka Gas |
| 87 | 2016 | Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation | 4-0 | Hitachi, Hitachi (baseball team) |
| 88 | 2017 | Tokyo (13), NTT East Japan (2) | 10-4 | Saitama, Nippon Express |
| 89 | 2018 | Osaka (11), Osaka Gas | 2-0 | Kobe/Takasago, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe・Takasago [lower-alpha 23] |
| 90 | 2019 | Chiba (3), JFE East Japan | 6-4 | Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation |
| 91 | 2020 | Sayama (2), Honda (3) [lower-alpha 22] | 4-1 | Tokyo, NTT East Japan |
| 92 | 2021 | Tokyo (14), Tokyo Gas (baseball team) | 6-5 | Ōzu, Honda Kumamoto [lower-alpha 24] |
| 93 | 2022 | Yokohama (12), ENEOS (12) | 5-4 | Tokyo, Tokyo Gas |
| 94 | 2023 | Toyota (2), Toyota Motor Corporation (2) | 4-2 | Hamamatsu, Yamaha Corporation |
Note
- Teams supposed to play were Hakodate, Hakodate Ocean Club; Sendai, Sendai Railway Bureau (baseball team); Ōta, Ōta Yuhi (full name is Ōta Yuhi Club); Tokyo City, Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation; Yokohama, All Furukawa; Niigata, 日東紡; Nagoya, Toho Gas (baseball team); Osaka, Nakayama Steel Works (baseball team, under team name 中山製鋼 in this tournament); Himeji, Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Hirohata (baseball team); Kobe, Kobe Customs; Kure, Kure Construction; Yahata, Yawata Steel; Tainan, Tainan Prefecture Team; Keijō, All Keijō; Dalian, Dalian works team; Hsinking; Manchuria Telegraph and Telephone (under team name 新京電電); Shanghai, 上海華中鉄道. Among those teams, All Furukawa, Kure Construction and 上海華中鉄道 have never appeared after this tournament.
- This champion is not considered as two consecutive champions.
- Appeared as 大同製鋼.
- This team was virtually the farm team of Nankai Hawks.
- In previous tournament, it qualified automatically as a defending champion but broke the rule by using players from losing teams in Osaka qualification. Therefore it declined the automatic qualification and entered Osaka qualification. It won the qualification and used players from Nippon Life.
- Appeared as 松下電器.
- Appeared as 新三菱重工名古屋.
- Appeared as 住友金属.
- Appeared as 新日本製鐵広畑.
- Appeared as 三菱重工神戸.
- Appeared as 新日本製鐵八幡.
- Appeared as 神戸製鋼.
- Appeared as 三菱重工広島.
- Appeared as 新日本製鐵名古屋.
- Appeared as プリンスホテル.
- Appeared as 三菱重工長崎.
- Appeared as 本田技研鈴鹿.
- Appeared as 本田技研.
- Appeared as ホンダ熊本.
- Appeared as ホンダ.
- Appeared as 新日本石油ENEOS.
- Appeared as Honda.
- Appeared as 三菱重工神戸・高砂.
- Appeared as Honda熊本.
References
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