CA-K166Culture & sport

Vancouver’s Asahi baseball team, 1914–1941

The Asahi Baseball Club seniors team in 1929 (Vancouver Public Library). Asahi Baseball Club VPL 11750 · Vancouver Public Library Historical Photographs · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Between 1914 and 1941, when Japanese Canadians faced racism, Vancouver’s Asahi Baseball Team won championships in senior amateur leagues with its “brain ball” style of bunting and speed. The team became a symbol of the Japanese Canadian struggle for equality and respect, and was disbanded during the Second World War internment.

Scope & context

The team and its significance, not the full history of Japanese Canadian internment.

Sources behind this record

Asahi Baseball Team National Historic Event ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text