Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
baseball team
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (福岡ソフトバンクホークス, Fukuoka Sofutobanku Hōkusu) is a Japanese baseball team in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.[1] The Hawks play in Japan's Pacific League (パリーグ, pari-gu).[2]
History
The history of the Hawks dates to the 1930s. The team has had several names, including
- Nankai Hawks (~1947)
- Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1988~2004)
- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2005~)
SoftBank Hawks won the first prize in the Japan championship in 2011. The owner of the Hawks is SoftBank, an IT company. The Hawks are very popular in Fukuoka. The mascot character is Harry Hawk.
Home stadium
The Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka is their home stadium. This stadium is in the central ward of Fukuoka city, near Tojinmachi subway station.
Notable players
Current Manager
- 81 Kouji Akiyama (秋山 幸二, Akiyama Kouji) [3]
Current players
- 1 Seiichi Uchikawa (内川 聖一, Seiichi Uchikawa) [4]
- 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka (松中 信彦, Nobuhiko Matsunaka) [5]
- 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda (松田 宣浩, Nobuhiro Matsuda) [6]
- 9 Hiroki Kokubo (小久保 裕紀, Hiroki Kokubo) [7]
- 14 Takahiro Mahara (馬原 孝浩, Takahiro Mahara) [8]
- 27 Tooru Hosokawa (細川 亨, Tooru Hosokawa) [9]
- 46 Yuichi Honda (本多 雄一, Yuuichi Honda) [10]
- 50 Tadashi Settsu (攝津 正, Tadashi Settsu) [11]
Related pages
References
Other websites
Media related to Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks at Wikimedia Commons
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