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Japanese professional baseball clubs luring female fans

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Female fans of Japanese professional baseball club Hiroshima Carp known as "Carp Joshi" (Carp Girls) look high-spirited before the team's home game at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 12, 2014. Hiroshima and other baseball clubs have been stepping up efforts to attract young women as their new fan base.

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Baseball: Carp pennant worth 33.1 billion yen: study

Photo taken in May 2015 shows a group of "Carp joshi," or female fans of the Hiroshima Carp, who arrived at JR Hiroshima Station on a chartered shinkansen bullet train to see a game at the baseball team's home ground, Mazda Stadium, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Carp pennant worth 33.1 billion yen: study

Photo taken in May 2014 shows a group of "Carp joshi," or female fans of the Hiroshima Carp, who visited the baseball team's home ground Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on a tour from the Kanto region near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese professional baseball clubs luring female fans

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Female fans of Japanese professional baseball club Hiroshima Carp known as "Carp Joshi" (Carp Girls) look high-spirited before the team's home game at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 12, 2014. Hiroshima and other baseball clubs have been stepping up efforts to attract young women as their new fan base. (Kyodo)