Following up on my fictionalized Korean teams, I'll be using this thread for my versions of Japanese teams. Hopefully, along with tehsugi's
comprehensive world and the
lbl_brendan thread, this will give people more options to replace the removed league. I'll be trying to avoid straight parody/tribute (well, except for the Dodgers lookalikes), but these teams are supposed to be reminiscent of the real ones.
I have four done so far, and a few half-ideas, and with my kid's sleep schedule it might take quite a while to get to 12. Plus I'm just not going to improve on some of the designs that people have already posted - especially tehsugi's inspired double-cursed
Kansai Cubs.
Lastly, as an American, I could easily screw some of these up. Please call me out.
First is the oldest team in this league, founded in 1934 and inspired by one of the great powerhouses of 1920s/early 30s American baseball: the Tokyo Athletics! As a "national" team, they use the sakura flower imagery. There's one in Philly Athletics blue and one in dark brown and pink (a substitute for orange)