With spring training starting tomorrow, it seems that almost all of the teams have pretty much settled on their slogans for the year, as far as I can tell. Some are funnier than others.
(Also, Spring Training camp locations are on japanesebaseball.com here. I need to inform Jeff Shaw that the nearest training camps to him are the BayStars, Carp, and Dragons, not the Fighters.)
Pacific League
Fighters: 「FANS: Focus, Advance, Nexus Spirit」 (集中、進化、結束)
("Shuuchuu, shinka, kessoku". The latter is more like "union", but whatever.)
Lions: 「心を、ひとつに。力を、ひとつに。」
("Kokoro wo, hitotsu ni. Chikara wo, hitotsu ni." There's no official English version, but it's something to the effect of "One Heart. One Power.")
Hawks: 「めざせ世界一!」
("Mezase sekai ichi!" Again, no official English version, but they've had this slogan for three years now... effectively "Aim to be the best in the world!")
Marines: "All Hands to the Flag!" ~結束、フラッグのために~
("Kessoku, furaggu no tame ni", literally "unite for the flag", referring to the pennant, I assume)
Buffaloes: "One Heart Beat" ~鼓動をひとつに~
("Kodou wo hitotsu ni")
Rakuten: "Think Hard, Win More." ~考えろ。そして勝利を掴め!~
("Kangaeru. Soshite shouri wo tsukame!" literally "think - then seize the victory!")
Central League
Hanshin: "Be the Best For the Fans" ~最高をめざせ! そしてファンのために!~
("Saikou wo mezase! Soshite fan no tame ni!" literally "aim for the best! For the sake of the fans!")
Yakult: "Let's Make It Happen!"
Yomiuri: "Show the Spirit ~奪回~"
(That last part is pronounced "dakkai" and means "recapture". Technically, dakkai is the slogan, and "show the spirit" is the catchphrase, but whatever.)
Hiroshima: "All-In"
(this was their slogan last year too)
Yokohama: 「なせば成る~Move on~」
("Naseba naru" -- I always thought of that phrase more like "if you put your mind to it, you can do it")
Chunichi doesn't appear to HAVE a slogan for this year. Are they still in Ochiai "オレ竜" mode? ("Ore-ryu", or "my way", but with the pun that the ryu is the kanji for dragon)
Argh, I've had Fighters outfielder Atsunori Inaba's cheer song going through my head since I got to the Rakuten slogan, since the last part of it is "shouri wo tsukami tore".
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