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Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Pacific League
[[Image:Buffaloes flag|center|Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes]]
Tier 2
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
JAPAN CHAMPIONS (0)*
None
PL PENNANTS (4)**
2001 1989 1980 1979

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (ja: 大阪近鉄バファローズ) was a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka, Japan, which were in the Pacific League. The team was owned by Kinki Nippon Railway Co. (later: Kintetsu Corp.) and later sold to the Orix Group, the owner of the Orix Blue Wave baseball team, in 2004. The new owner then announced that they will merged the two teams into one team called the Orix Buffaloes before the start of the 2004-2005 NPB season.

Founded: 1950
Formerly known as: Kintetsu Pearls (1950-1958), Kintetsu Buffalo (1959-1961), Kintetsu Buffaloes (1962-1998), Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1999-2004), Orix Buffaloes (2005-)
Home ballpark: Osaka Dome
Uniform colors: Red, navy blue and White
Nickname: Kintetsu (近鉄), Buffaloes (バファローズ), Mougyu (猛牛) means violent buffalo, Ushi (牛,丑) means cow.
Logo design: A stylized buffalo's head with angry-looking red eyes which is designed by Okamoto Taro; or "Buffaloes" in red script, outlined with white.
League championships won (4): 1979, 1980, 1989, 2001
Japan Series championships won (0):

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