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Chunichi Dragons

The Chunichi Dragons are an NPB baseball club from Nagoya, founded in 1936. They play home games at Vantelin Dome Nagoya. Follow the latest Dragons news, scores, schedule and player stats here.

2026 record: 60-81-2
Standing: 6thCentral League
Games behind: 19.0
Home / away: 38-33 22-48 away
Runs: 477–493 scored–allowed
Ballpark: Vantelin Dome Nagoya
City: Nagoya

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Masahiro Tanaka pitching for the Yomiuri Giants

NPB, Sep 19 Masahiro Tanaka Passes Hiroki Kuroda With 204th Career Win as Giants Rout Dragons

Raidel Martínez of the Yomiuri Giants after pitching during the 2026 NPB season

NPB, Sep 15 Raidel Martínez Becomes First Foreign-Born Pitcher to Reach 250 NPB Saves

Kyle Muller pitching for the Chunichi Dragons during the 2026 NPB season

NPB, Sep 15 Kyle Muller Throws Shutout, Hits Homer and Drives in Four in Historic NPB Night

 NPB, Sep 8 NPB Playoff Race 2026: SoftBank Explodes, Hanshin Magic Falls to 17 and Seibu Takes Control of Second Place  NPB, Aug 20 Hanshin Extend Central League Lead as SoftBank and Fighters Battle to 12-Inning Draw  NPB, Dec 15 Miguel Sanó Signs With Chunichi Dragons 

Dragons results 2026

All NPB results

Oct 3 W 3-1 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Oct 1 L 1-5 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Sep 26 L 3-5 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Sep 25 L 4-5 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Sep 23 L 3-4 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Sep 22 L 3-7 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Sep 21 W 10-0 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Sep 20 W 8-5 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Sep 19 L 1-14 at Yomiuri Giants
Sep 18 L 0-2 at Yomiuri Giants
Sep 15 W 4-1 at Hanshin Tigers
Sep 14 W 6-0 at Hanshin Tigers
Sep 13 W 1-0 at Hanshin Tigers
Sep 12 L 5-6 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Sep 10 L 3-5 at Yomiuri Giants
Sep 9 L 1-5 at Yomiuri Giants
Sep 8 W 3-0 at Yomiuri Giants
Sep 5 W 8-4 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Sep 4 T 1-1 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Sep 3 L 2-5 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Sep 2 W 5-4 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Sep 1 L 1-5 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Aug 30 L 3-4 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Aug 29 L 0-1 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Aug 28 L 2-4 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Aug 27 L 3-4 vs Hanshin Tigers
Aug 26 W 4-0 vs Hanshin Tigers
Aug 25 W 4-2 vs Hanshin Tigers
Aug 23 W 3-2 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Aug 22 W 5-4 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Aug 21 W 3-0 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Aug 20 L 1-2 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Aug 19 L 1-4 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Aug 18 L 4-11 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Aug 16 L 0-11 vs Yomiuri Giants
Aug 15 W 11-2 vs Yomiuri Giants
Aug 14 L 0-1 vs Yomiuri Giants
Aug 13 L 1-5 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Aug 12 L 3-6 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Aug 11 W 5-2 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Aug 9 L 0-1 at Hanshin Tigers
Aug 8 W 7-1 at Hanshin Tigers
Aug 7 W 3-2 at Hanshin Tigers
Aug 6 W 5-0 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Aug 5 W 4-1 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Aug 4 W 4-3 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Aug 2 L 3-4 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Aug 1 W 7-1 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jul 31 L 1-3 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jul 26 W 5-1 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jul 25 L 0-5 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jul 24 W 3-2 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jul 22 L 5-8 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Jul 21 W 11-4 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Jul 20 W 4-2 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Jul 19 L 1-6 at Yomiuri Giants
Jul 18 W 5-1 at Yomiuri Giants
Jul 17 L 1-4 at Yomiuri Giants
Jul 16 L 1-3 vs Hanshin Tigers
Jul 15 W 6-5 vs Hanshin Tigers
Jul 14 L 2-5 vs Hanshin Tigers
Jul 12 L 1-5 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jul 11 W 8-1 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jul 10 W 10-1 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jul 9 W 4-3 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jul 8 L 3-4 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jul 7 L 0-4 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jul 5 L 0-1 vs Yomiuri Giants
Jul 4 W 2-1 vs Yomiuri Giants
Jul 3 W 1-0 vs Yomiuri Giants
Jul 2 W 3-2 at Hanshin Tigers
Jun 30 L 2-3 at Hanshin Tigers
Jun 28 L 3-4 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Jun 25 W 3-1 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jun 24 L 4-6 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jun 23 W 5-2 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Jun 21 W 5-3 at Yomiuri Giants
Jun 20 L 0-1 at Yomiuri Giants
Jun 19 W 3-2 at Yomiuri Giants
Jun 14 W 9-5 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jun 13 L 3-4 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jun 12 L 1-3 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jun 11 L 2-3 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Jun 10 W 11-4 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Jun 9 L 1-3 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Jun 7 L 1-4 vs Saitama Seibu Lions
Jun 6 L 2-5 vs Saitama Seibu Lions
Jun 5 W 1-0 vs Saitama Seibu Lions
Jun 4 L 1-2 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jun 3 L 5-8 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jun 2 L 0-3 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
May 31 L 5-7 at Orix Buffaloes
May 30 L 1-3 at Orix Buffaloes
May 29 W 5-1 at Orix Buffaloes
May 28 W 2-1 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
May 27 W 7-2 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
May 26 W 1-0 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
May 24 L 3-5 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
May 23 L 3-5 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
May 22 W 6-2 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
May 20 L 7-8 at Hanshin Tigers
May 19 L 2-4 at Hanshin Tigers
May 17 L 1-5 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
May 16 W 8-0 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
May 15 L 5-8 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
May 14 T 0-0 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
May 13 L 0-5 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
May 12 L 1-3 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
May 10 L 4-9 vs Yomiuri Giants
May 9 W 4-2 vs Yomiuri Giants
May 8 W 9-2 vs Yomiuri Giants
May 6 L 0-2 vs Hanshin Tigers
May 5 W 7-3 vs Hanshin Tigers
May 4 W 7-3 vs Hanshin Tigers
May 2 W 4-0 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
May 1 L 3-7 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Apr 30 L 2-6 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Apr 29 L 2-4 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Apr 28 W 3-0 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Apr 26 W 3-0 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Apr 25 W 5-2 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Apr 24 W 6-4 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Apr 22 L 1-5 at Yomiuri Giants
Apr 21 L 1-2 at Yomiuri Giants
Apr 19 L 5-7 at Hanshin Tigers
Apr 18 L 3-4 at Hanshin Tigers
Apr 17 L 1-2 at Hanshin Tigers
Apr 15 L 2-5 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Apr 14 W 6-2 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Apr 12 L 0-3 vs Hanshin Tigers
Apr 11 L 3-9 vs Hanshin Tigers
Apr 10 L 3-5 vs Hanshin Tigers
Apr 8 W 6-4 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Apr 7 L 3-5 at Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Apr 5 L 5-7 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Apr 4 L 6-11 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Apr 3 W 1-0 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Apr 2 W 2-1 vs Yomiuri Giants
Apr 1 L 5-6 vs Yomiuri Giants
Mar 31 L 2-5 vs Yomiuri Giants
Mar 29 L 0-1 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Mar 28 L 1-2 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Mar 27 L 5-6 at Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Dragons stat leaders 2026

NPB stats

Batting average.280Hiroki Fukunaga

Home runs25Seiya Hosokawa

RBI71Seiya Hosokawa

Stolen bases15Hiroki Fukunaga

ERA2.34Yuya Yanagi

Strikeouts146Yumeto Kanemaru

Wins10Yudai Ohno

Saves31Shinya Matsuyama

Chunichi Dragons batting stats 2026

Player	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
Seiya Hosokawa	143	604	113	25	71	3	.226	.771
Kaito Muramatsu	126	530	115	6	43	4	.258	.709
Hiroki Fukunaga	114	442	112	10	34	15	.280	.749
Yuta Ishii	112	397	95	7	31	0	.264	.697
Takaya Ishikawa	103	389	88	11	42	1	.249	.712
Miguel Sano	95	358	70	23	52	0	.220	.756
Yuki Okabayashi	90	345	71	3	19	2	.231	.592
Jason Vosler	88	271	47	8	20	0	.187	.559
Mikiya Tanaka	84	254	53	1	12	9	.241	.611
Yutaro Itayama	78	202	43	6	24	1	.235	.706
Kosuke Ukai	54	175	39	5	22	1	.235	.636
Asahi Hanada	47	159	36	4	12	1	.242	.673
Toshiki Abe	76	143	30	3	23	0	.254	.755
Shuhei Takahashi	60	121	27	0	5	0	.250	.612
Yasuhiro Yamamoto	33	80	12	1	4	0	.174	.482
Takuma Katoh	35	77	10	0	2	1	.147	.393
Ryuku Tsuchida	49	72	11	2	6	0	.169	.542
Orlando Calixte	26	67	12	1	3	1	.197	.547
Takuya Kinoshita	27	67	17	0	3	0	.266	.600
Yohei Ohshima	21	66	12	0	2	1	.194	.484
Seiji Uebayashi	25	66	14	2	4	2	.230	.649
Yumeto Kanemaru	25	51	2	0	0	0	.042	.103
Yuya Yanagi	24	50	3	0	0	0	.079	.182
Yudai Ohno	22	48	3	0	2	0	.081	.209
Kyle Muller	19	43	8	2	10	0	.190	.595
Hiroto Takahashi	19	41	5	0	4	0	.152	.328
Yuma Fukumoto	21	37	11	0	5	0	.306	.685
Hideaki Wakui	12	20	0	0	0	0	.000	.056
Rintaro Tsujimoto	15	18	3	0	0	0	.176	.471
Kenta Bright	5	15	1	0	0	0	.071	.205

Chunichi Dragons pitching stats 2026

Player	G	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	WHIP
Yumeto Kanemaru	25	5	12	0	160 .2	146	2.91	1.20
Yuya Yanagi	24	7	5	0	150	122	2.34	1.17
Yudai Ohno	22	10	7	0	143	96	2.45	1.04
Hiroto Takahashi	19	5	7	0	123 .2	135	2.62	1.08
Kyle Muller	19	7	8	0	120 .1	96	2.69	1.07
Hideaki Wakui	12	4	3	0	64 .1	46	3.92	1.26
Yorinosuke Sakurai	14	2	5	0	57 .2	56	5.31	1.47
Seiya Yoshida	52	1	4	0	48	50	2.44	1.21
Kohki Saitoh	53	4	3	0	43	48	2.93	1.07
Shinya Matsuyama	45	1	4	31	42 .1	47	1.70	1.06
Kento Fujishima	45	3	2	0	39 .2	24	3.86	1.36
Yuki Hashimoto	45	4	4	0	39 .1	42	4.58	1.25
Masaki Nakanishi	8	2	4	0	38	40	6.39	1.55
Sho Kusaka	24	0	1	0	24 .1	21	2.59	1.36
Albert Abreu	24	1	1	0	24	32	4.13	1.67
Toshihiro Sugiura	18	1	2	0	17 .2	17	3.57	1.53
Kenshin Makino	23	0	3	0	17 .1	11	4.15	1.50
Humberto Mejia	18	0	1	0	17	13	3.18	1.35
Mao Itoh	20	1	1	0	16 .2	9	3.78	1.26
Takahiro Matsuba	3	0	1	0	16	9	5.63	1.38
Hiroto Mori	15	1	0	0	13	20	0.00	0.85
Reia Nakachi	5	0	0	0	11	11	9.00	1.82
Akira Neo	9	1	1	0	9	13	5.00	1.33
Akiyoshi Katsuno	7	0	2	0	5 .2	9	9.53	2.29
Mizuki Miura	4	0	0	0	5 .2	6	1.59	1.59

About the Chunichi Dragons

The Chunichi Dragons are one of the clubs in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. They compete in the Central League. The club was founded in 1936. They represent Nagoya and play at Vantelin Dome Nagoya.

The Chunichi Dragons in 2026

They finished the 2026 regular season 60-81-2, 6th in the Central League. They scored 477 runs and allowed 493. Hiroki Fukunaga led the team in batting average (.280), while Yuya Yanagi led the pitching staff in ERA (2.34).

Where do the Chunichi Dragons play?

Home games are played at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Nagoya. Game times on this page are shown in JST.

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Record, games and stats update automatically several times a day. Data: Nippon Professional Baseball (npb.jp).