The Ehime Mandarin Pirates (愛媛マンダリンパイレーツ, Ehime Mandarin Pairētsu) are a professional baseball team in the Shikoku Island League Plus of Japan. Established in 2005, the Mandarin Pirates mainly play their home games at Botchan Stadium in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture.
They won the 2015 and 2016 season titles by beating other teams in the Island League playoff.
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Shikoku, Japanese pronunciation:[ɕikokɯ] is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is 225 km or 139.8 mi long and between 50 and 150 km or 31.1 and 93.2 mi at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million, the least populated out of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima (伊予之二名島), Iyo-shima (伊予島), and Futana-shima (二名島), and its current name refers to the four former provinces that make up the island: Awa, Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo.
Ehime Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2. Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Tokushima Prefecture to the east, and Kōchi Prefecture to the southeast.
Uwajima is a city located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2022, the city had an estimated population of 70,440 in 35429 households and a population density of 150 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 468.19 square kilometres (180.77 sq mi).
Yawatahama is a city located in of Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2022, the city had an estimated population of 31,385 in 15,638 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 132.68 square kilometres (51.23 sq mi).
Tōon is a city located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2022, the city had an estimated population of 33,276 in 15571 households and a population density of 160 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 211.30 square kilometres (81.58 sq mi). The city name may be romanized as 'Toon', 'Tôon', 'Tōon' or 'Tohon'.
The iyokan, also known as anadomikan (穴門みかん) and Gokaku no Iyokan, is a Japanese citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a mandarin orange, with Dancy as the pollen parent and Kaikokan as the seed parent. It is the second most widely produced citrus fruit in Japan after the satsuma mandarin. Ehime Prefecture accounted for 90% of Iyokan production in 2021.
The Matsuyama Central Park Baseball Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Matsuyama Central Park, Matsuyama, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan. It is currently used mostly for baseball matches. The stadium holds 30,136 people.
Matsuyama is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, in Japan and is also Shikoku's largest city. As of 1 October 2022, the city had an estimated population of 505,948 in 243,541 households and a population density of 1200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 429.35 square kilometres (165.77 sq mi).
Imabari is a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in Ehime Prefecture. As of 31 August 2022, the city had an estimated population of 152,111 in 75947 households and a population density of 360 persons per km². The total area of the city is 468.19 square kilometres (180.77 sq mi). The population is the second largest in Ehime Prefecture after Matsuyama City.
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