is a baseball park in Kobe Sports Park, Kobe, Japan. It is primarily used for baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, and was the home field of the Orix Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes

The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka and Kobe, Japan. They play in the Pacific League. The team is owned by the Orix Group, a leading diversified financial services company based in Tokyo....

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The stadium opened on March 6, 1988 and holds 35,000 people.
Previously, Orix had played at Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

was a baseball stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1937 and had a capacity of 35,000 people.It was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Orix Braves , until they moved to Kobe Stadium, in 1991....

 and they are currently playing in Osaka Dome

Osaka Dome

Osaka Dome is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Japan. Beginning in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes, a result of the merger between the Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Prior to the Osaka...

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This ballpark is mainly used by Orix Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes

The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka and Kobe, Japan. They play in the Pacific League. The team is owned by the Orix Group, a leading diversified financial services company based in Tokyo....

 and Hanshin Tigers

Hanshin Tigers

The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly...

 (only if Koshien Stadium

Koshien Stadium

is a baseball park located near Kobe in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built to host the national high school baseball tournaments, and opened on April 1, 1924. It was the largest stadium in Asia at the time it was completed, with a capacity of 55,000.The name Kōshien comes...

is in maintenance). But they also host several games for both leagues.

This ballpark is one of two ballparks in Japan to have an American-style baseball field: An all-grass outfield and infield, with dirt basepaths.

Sponsoring names of Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium

• 1988 - 2002: Green Stadium Kobe (グリーンスタジアム神戸)
• 2003 - 2004: Yahoo! BB Stadium (Yahoo! BBスタジアム)
• 2005 - 2010: Skymark Stadium (スカイマークスタジアム)
• 2011 -: Hotto Motto Field Kobe (ほっともっとフィールド神戸)

Kobe Baseball Stadium is the first baseball park in Japan to install naming rights.