Chiba Lotte Marines

Nippon Professional Baseball team in the Pacific League

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2025 Roki Sasaki becomes an active player for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
2023 Masato Yoshii led the team to Pacific League championships.
December 20 2023 Emi Taniho's actual last day with the team as public address announcer.
October 7 2023 Public address announcer Emi Taniho received an initial farewell ceremony on her supposed last home game, with many former Marines players in attendance.
2022 Mascot Rine-chan changed her cap style to match Mar-kun's baseball cap, and Zu-chan modified his costume to wear an apron instead of a jersey.
April 10 2022 Rōki Sasaki threw a perfect game, NPB's first in 28 years, striking out 19 batters and setting a record by striking out 13 consecutive batters.
2021 The person playing the Mysterious fish mascot announced their retirement, effectively retiring the mascot character.
2021 Hirokazu Sawamura joins the Chiba Lotte Marines.
2020 Tadahito Iguchi led the team to Pacific League championships.
2019 Kazuya Fukuura retired from professional baseball.
2018 Mysterious fish mascot began collaboration with Hawaiian Airlines, connected to former Marines player Benny Agbayani.
May 2017 Mysterious fish mascot was introduced as a new mascot character for the Chiba Lotte Marines, featuring a peculiar fish with legs.
2016 Cool-kun penguin mascot was officially retired by the team after years of performing acrobatic stunts and engaging with rival team mascots.
2016 Yuhei Nakaushiro begins his tenure with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
2016 Saburo Omura retired from professional baseball.
2014 Shunsuke Watanabe plays for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
2014 Tomoya Satozaki retired from professional baseball.
2013 Tsutomu Itoh began a period of success, leading the team to multiple championships.
2012 Dallas Keuchel joins the Chiba Lotte Marines. Tsuyoshi Nishioka continues playing for the team.
2011 Ryohei Tanaka continues playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines. Tsuyoshi Nishioka joins the team.
2010 Norifumi Nishimura guided the team to a Pacific League and Japan Series championship.
2010 The Marines became the first third-place team to win the Climax Series and subsequently won the Japan Series against the Chunichi Dragons in seven games.

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