Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
北海道日本ハムファイターズ
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
Pacific League (1950–present)
Japanese Baseball League (1946–1949)
LocationKitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan
BallparkEs Con Field Hokkaido
FoundedNovember 6, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-11-06)
Nickname(s)Nichiham (日ハム, Nippon-ham)
PL pennants7 (1962, 1981, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016)
Japan Series championships3 (1962, 2006, 2016)
Former name(s)
  • Nippon-Ham Fighters (1974–2003)
  • Nittaku Home Flyers (1973)
  • Toei Flyers (1954–1972)
  • Tokyu Flyers (1949–1953)
  • Kyuei Flyers (1948)
  • Tokyu Flyers (1947)
  • Senators (1946)
Former ballparks
ColorsFighter Blue, White, Black
     
MascotBB, Polly Polaris, and Frep the Fox
Playoff berths14 (1981, 1982, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2024)
Retired numbers
OwnershipYoshihide Haneda
ManagementNippon Ham Co., Ltd
ManagerTsuyoshi Shinjo
General ManagerAtsunori Inaba
Uniforms

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon-Hamu Faitāzu) is a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō, in the Sapporo metropolitan area. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a select number of regional home games in cities across Hokkaidō, including Hakodate, Asahikawa, Kushiro, and Obihiro. The team's name comes from its parent organization, Nippon Ham, a major Japanese food-processing company.

Founded in 1946, the Fighters called Tokyo home for 58 years, as co-tenants of the Tokyo Dome and Korakuen Stadium with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants near the end of their tenure in the capital city. The franchise has won three Japan Series titles, in 1962, 2006, and, most recently, 2016.