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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are an NPB baseball club from Tokyo, founded in 1950. They play home games at Meiji Jingu Stadium. Follow the latest Swallows news, scores, schedule and player stats here.

2026 record: 61-80-2
Standing: 5thCentral League
Games behind: 18.0
Home / away: 29-40 32-40 away
Runs: 446–565 scored–allowed
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
City: Tokyo

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Swallows results 2026

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

Swallows stat leaders 2026

NPB stats

Batting average.293Shu Masuda

Home runs17Domingo Santana

RBI45Domingo Santana

Stolen bases39Yukihiro Iwata

ERA2.33Taichi Yamano

Strikeouts152Taichi Yamano

Wins12Taichi Yamano

Saves21Jose Quijada

Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting stats 2026

Player	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
Hideki Nagaoka	126	533	119	8	39	5	.248	.665
Yukihiro Iwata	127	456	108	1	26	39	.256	.591
Domingo Santana	126	447	95	17	45	0	.251	.815
Shu Masuda	123	445	118	9	40	4	.293	.740
Souma Uchiyama	94	348	71	5	26	3	.231	.651
Yudai Koga	91	337	81	1	33	2	.259	.602
Yoshihiro Akahane	109	326	70	6	30	9	.241	.665
Ryusei Takeoka	98	291	59	4	27	1	.223	.615
Jose Osuna	78	283	57	8	29	0	.220	.634
Kyo Suzuki	47	150	28	2	15	2	.192	.501
Ryui Itoh	78	146	20	2	8	2	.156	.471
Kazuya Maruyama	54	136	41	4	14	6	.328	.871
Ayuto Matsushita	38	116	26	2	11	1	.239	.615
Ruito Nishimura	41	113	29	1	15	0	.276	.690
Montell Higuma	53	103	27	3	9	7	.278	.744
Haruto Tanaka	37	101	21	2	9	1	.223	.576
Yasutaka Shiomi	38	87	14	2	5	1	.175	.517
Hidetaka Namiki	38	82	19	1	3	13	.244	.561
Takeshi Miyamoto	49	80	21	1	8	1	.292	.745
Takumi Ishii	28	65	9	1	2	1	.158	.496
Yuhei Nakamura	32	65	11	0	1	0	.190	.530
Tetsuto Yamada	30	60	15	2	6	0	.268	.710
Taichi Yamano	25	55	9	0	3	0	.184	.395
Ren Sawai	21	51	9	1	2	0	.191	.574
Yasunobu Okugawa	23	50	2	0	2	0	.044	.130
Eigoro Mogi	24	40	7	0	2	0	.226	.643
Naoki Matsumoto	16	38	9	0	5	0	.265	.677
Kojiro Yoshimura	21	37	3	0	0	0	.088	.203
Kengo Matsumoto	23	30	3	0	2	0	.100	.200
Keiji Takahashi	19	29	2	0	1	0	.071	.179

Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitching stats 2026

Player	G	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	WHIP
Taichi Yamano	25	12	4	0	162 .1	152	2.33	0.95
Yasunobu Okugawa	23	7	11	0	156	119	2.88	1.04
Kojiro Yoshimura	21	4	12	0	113 .1	89	4.84	1.21
Kengo Matsumoto	23	6	5	0	104 .1	88	4.14	1.34
Keiji Takahashi	19	5	7	0	95 .2	90	4.33	1.41
Hirotoshi Takanashi	15	6	3	0	86 .2	78	2.60	1.19
Tomoya Hoshi	51	2	4	1	48	33	2.63	1.33
Nash Walters	24	3	5	5	45 .1	42	4.76	1.43
Shota Maruyama	40	0	2	0	43 .2	46	3.71	1.08
Noboru Shimizu	50	2	4	5	43 .1	42	3.74	1.25
Yu Hirosawa	43	3	2	0	41	31	2.85	1.12
Yasuhiro Ogawa	8	1	5	0	41	27	5.49	1.44
Jesus Liranzo	40	2	3	0	38	41	1.42	1.05
Jose Quijada	41	2	7	21	37 .1	55	3.86	1.61
Shota Masui	8	1	2	0	37	22	3.16	0.97
Kousuke Sakaguchi	34	0	1	0	30	23	3.30	1.23
Kota Shoji	25	3	0	0	26 .2	37	4.73	1.69
Yuki Ishihara	23	0	1	0	19 .2	18	4.12	1.12
Reiji Kozawa	11	0	0	0	18 .1	21	3.93	1.20
Kazuto Taguchi	14	1	0	0	14 .1	11	3.14	1.74
Hiroki Ohnishi	15	0	0	0	11 .2	5	10.80	2.31
Naofumi Kizawa	11	0	0	0	9 .2	5	2.79	1.66
Yuto Nakamura	4	1	0	0	9	10	2.00	1.11
Shunsuke Shimokawa	3	0	1	0	7 .1	5	6.14	1.91
Kota Nishidate	2	0	0	0	7	3	2.57	1.14

About the Tokyo Yakult Swallows

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows 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 1950. They represent Tokyo and play at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2026

They finished the 2026 regular season 61-80-2, 5th in the Central League. They scored 446 runs and allowed 565. Shu Masuda led the team in batting average (.293), while Taichi Yamano led the pitching staff in ERA (2.33).

Where do the Tokyo Yakult Swallows play?

Home games are played at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo. Game times on this page are shown in JST.

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