While the Hiroshima Carp are often contenders for Nippon Professional Baseball's Japan Series, the media have apparently crowned the team's female fans as champions.
In fact, the team is so popular with women that one of the top 10 buzz phrases of 2014 was "Carp Joshi" ("Carp Girls"), the nickname used to describe the enthusiastic women.
The citizens of Hiroshima have been in love with the Carp since the team was formed over half a century ago. In its early years, it was a symbol of the A-bombed city's reconstruction from the war.