Major/Tokyo Shiants

The Tokyo Shiants (東京シャイアンズ/巨仁) is one of the teams in the NPB of the fictional Major manga universe. It has the reputation of paying lots of money to acquire the top players.

Notable players

 * During the 1991 NPB season, the Shiants acquired the MLB ace pitcher, Joe Gibson.


 * For the 2004 NPB season, the Shiants acquired the catcher of the 2003 Summer Koshien champion, Satoh Toshiya of the Kaido High school. Satoh Toshiya won the Most Valuable Rookie reward of 2004.

Team records

 * The Shiants won the NPB championship in 2001, lost 2003 and 2003, and won the championship again in 2004.

Trivia

 * The real world reference for the Shiants is the Yomiuri Giants (読売ジャイアンツ/巨人, whose home city is in Tokyo.
 * In the anime adaptation of Major, the Tokyo Shiants are renamed to Tokyo Warriors. It is unknown if there is a hidden reference to the baseball team San Francisco Warriors (the Yomiuri Giants' logo/name were based on the San Francisco Giants).