Other notable players for the franchise included Chujiro Endo, Yutaka Ishii, Sadao Kondoh, Toshio Kurosawa, and Jirō's brother Akira Noguchi.

In the fall 1936 campaign, rookie pitcher Akira Noguchi went 15-13 with a 2.65 earned run average, following that with a combined 34–22 record in 1937, with a 2.21 ERA.

[citation needed] (In October 1940, responding to rising hostility toward the West due to World War II, the league outlawed the use of English in Japanese baseball.

)[citation needed] In 1940, Jirō Noguchi put together another remarkable season, going 30–11 with a league-leading 0.93 earned run average.

[citation needed] The franchise had its best season in 1942, finishing with 60 victories and a winning percentage of .606, good for second place in the league behind the Tokyo Kyojin.

Financial instability led to the team being acquired in 1943 by Nishi-Nippon Railroad, and it being renamed the Nishitetsu Baseball Club.