Orix Buffaloes

Value$176MHeartbreak#6372.9Pacific League5× Japan Series

In NPB since 1950. All-time 5,037–4,827–358 (0.511).

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The Heartbreak Index2.9 · #637

The Numb · NPB, 2022

2.9

Heartbreak

#637

of 1,138 clubs

in NPB

1.8

agony · 1.1 despair

The clocks

NPB since 20220.2
NPB final appearance since 20230.1

Heaviest wounds

lost the final, 2023 · lost the final, 2021 · lost the final, 1995 · lost the final, 1984

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Who controls the club

The entity that holds control today, one per franchise; co-controllers and minority holders are listed, never summed.

How this is measured

Exactly one control entity is recorded per franchise, so a portfolio can never count a club twice. Co-controllers and minority holders are shown as published and carry no weight in any total.

The chip names the evidence. Sourced: a primary source is linked (league, club, filing or tier-one outlet). Cross-checked: matched against the ownership-change sweep. Contested: disputed or mid-sale. Rows are reviewed weekly.

Stakes are as published, often only “majority”, and are not pro-rated. A record of control is not a claim about anyone’s intent or conduct.

Who controls the clubOrix Corporation

Orix Corporationlisted company· Owner

Cross-checkedas of 6 Oct 2026

TSE 8591; club formed by the 2004 Orix-Kintetsu merger.

Orix Corporation on the owners board →

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+860,724

views gained since 23 Oct 2026

subscribers gained since 23 Oct 2026

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Japan Series

5 titles

1975, 1976, 1977, 1996, 2022

Runner-up 10× (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1995, 2021, 2023)

League pennants

15 Pacific League titles

1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2022, 2023

Season by season

2025

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

74–66–3

Pct

0.529

13.5

2024

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

63–77–3

Pct

0.45

2023

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

86–53–4

Pct

0.619

2022 ★

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

76–65–2

Pct

0.539

2021

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

70–55–18

Pct

0.56

2020

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

45–68–7

Pct

0.398

2019

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

61–75–7

Pct

0.452

2018

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

65–73–5

Pct

0.471

21.5

2017

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

63–79–1

Pct

0.444

30.5

2016

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

57–83–3

Pct

0.407

2015

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

61–80–2

Pct

0.433

2014

Orix Buffaloes

League

Pacific

Pos

W–L–T

80–62–2

Pct

0.563

Year	Team	League	Pos	W	L	T	Pct	GB
2025	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	3	74	66	3	0.529	13.5
2024	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	5	63	77	3	0.45	28
2023	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	1	86	53	4	0.619
2022 ★	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	1	76	65	2	0.539
2021	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	1	70	55	18	0.56
2020	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	6	45	68	7	0.398	27
2019	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	6	61	75	7	0.452	14
2018	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	4	65	73	5	0.471	21.5
2017	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	4	63	79	1	0.444	30.5
2016	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	6	57	83	3	0.407	30
2015	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	5	61	80	2	0.433	30
2014	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	2	80	62	2	0.563
2013	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	5	66	73	5	0.475	15
2012	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	6	57	77	10	0.425	17.5
2011	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	4	69	68	7	0.504	20.5
2010	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	5	69	71	4	0.493	7.5
2009	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	6	56	86	2	0.396	26
2008	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	2	75	68	1	0.524	5.5
2007	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	6	62	77	5	0.448	17
2006	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	5	52	81	3	0.391	28.5
2005	Orix Buffaloes	Pacific	4	62	70	4	0.47	26
2004	Orix BlueWave	Pacific	6	49	72	2	0.376	29
2003	Orix BlueWave	Central	6	48	88	4	0.357	33.5
2002	Orix BlueWave	Central	6	50	87	3	0.365	39
2001	Orix BlueWave	Central	4	70	66	4	0.515	7
2000	Orix BlueWave	Central	4	64	67	4	0.489	8
1999	Orix BlueWave	Central	3	68	65	2	0.511	10.5
1998	Orix BlueWave	Central	3	66	66	3	0.5	4.5
1997	Orix BlueWave	Central	2	71	61	3	0.538	5
1996 ★	Orix BlueWave	Central	1	74	50	6	0.597
1995	Orix BlueWave	Central	1	82	47	1	0.636
1994	Orix BlueWave	Central	2	68	59	3	0.5354	7.5
1993	Orix BlueWave	Central	3	70	56	4	0.556	3.5
1992	Orix BlueWave	Central	3	61	64	5	0.488	18
1991	Orix BlueWave	Central	3	64	63	3	0.504	18.5
1990	Orix Braves	Central	2	69	57	4	0.548	12
1989	Orix Braves	Central	2	72	55	3	0.567	0
1988	Hankyu Braves	Central	4	60	68	2	0.469	15
1987	Hankyu Braves	Central	2	64	56	10	0.533	9
1986	Hankyu Braves	Central	3	63	57	10	0.525	6.5
1985	Hankyu Braves	Central	4	64	61	5	0.512	15.5
1984	Hankyu Braves	Central	1	75	45	10	0.625
1983	Hankyu Braves	Central	2	67	55	8	0.549	17
1982	Hankyu Braves	Central	4	62	60	8	0.508
1981	Hankyu Braves	Central	2	68	58	4	0.54
1980	Hankyu Braves	Central	5	58	67	5	0.464
1979	Hankyu Braves	Central	2	75	44	11	0.63
1978	Hankyu Braves	Central	1	82	39	9	0.678
1977 ★	Hankyu Braves	Central	1	69	51	10	0.575
1976 ★	Hankyu Braves	Central	1	79	45	6	0.637
1975 ★	Hankyu Braves	Central	1	64	59	7	0.52
1974	Hankyu Braves	Central	2	69	51	10	0.575
1973	Hankyu Braves	Pacific		77	48	5	0.616
1972	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	1	80	48	2	0.625
1971	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	1	80	39	11	0.672
1970	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	4	64	64	2	0.5	16.5
1969	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	1	76	50	4	0.603
1968	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	1	80	50	4	0.615
1967	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	1	75	55	4	0.577
1966	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	5	57	73	4	0.438	22
1965	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	4	67	71	2	0.486	21.5
1964	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	2	79	65	6	0.549	3.5
1963	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	6	57	92	1	0.383	30.5
1962	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	5	60	70	1	0.462	18
1961	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	5	53	84	3	0.389	33.5
1960	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	4	65	65	6	0.5	17
1959	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	5	48	82	4	0.369	40
1958	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	3	73	51	6	0.585	4.5
1957	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	4	71	55	6	0.561	11.5
1956	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	3	88	64	2	0.578	10.5
1955	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	4	80	60	2	0.571	19
1954	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	5	66	70	4	0.485	23.5
1953	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	2	67	52	1	0.563	4
1952	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	5	49	58	1	0.458	20.5
1951	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	5	37	51	8	0.42	31
1950	Hankyu Braves	Pacific	4	54	64	2	0.458	28.5

★ Japan Series champion · gold position = league pennant.

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