Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Fukuoka is the capital of Fukuoka Prefecture on the north coast of Kyushu Island on the Genkai Sea. The city and the prefecture was rocked by a major earthquake on March 20, 2005 known as the "2005 Fukuoka earthquake", which caused over 400 deaths and major destruction.

Teams that have played here

• Nishi-Nihon Pirates, Pacific League (1950)
• Nishitetsu Lions, Pacific League (1950-1972)
• Taiheiyo Club Lions, Pacific League (1973-1976)
• Crown Lighter Lions, Pacific League (1977-1978)
• Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, Pacific League (1989-2004)
• Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Pacific League (2005-Present)

People born here

• Isoo Abe, pioneer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kenichi Abe, NPB outfielder-catcher
• Ryota Aikawa, NPB utility man
• Masao Fujii, NPB pitcher
• Yoshito Fujino, NPB outfielder
• Takeru Furumoto, NPB outfielder
• Minoru Hayakawa, NPB pitcher
• Hidetoshi Ikeda, NPB pitcher
• Yoshihiro Ito, NPB pitcher
• Wataru Karashima, NPB pitcher
• Go Kida, NPB outfielder
• Akinobu Kono, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Minohara, NPB outfielder
• Kazuki Mishima, NPB pitcher
• Toshihiro Nakao, NPB outfielder
• Taketoshi Ogami, NPB pitcher
• Kenichi Ryu, NPB pitcher
• Hiro Sakanashi, Austrian national team manager
• Terunobu Seto, NPB catcher
• Shuto Takajoh, NPB catcher
• Kazuki Tanaka, NPB outfielder
• Yosuke Terada, NPB infielder
• Shunpeita Yamashita, NPB pitcher
• Mitsuo Yoshikawa, NPB pitcher

People who died here

• Kazuharu Abe, NPB pitcher
• Masao Fujii, NPB pitcher
• Koshiro Ito, NPB outfielder
• Nobuyuki Kagawa, NPB catcher
• Hisafumi Kawamura, NPB pitcher
• Akinobu Kono, NPB infielder
• Shinji Mori, NPB pitcher
• Yukichi Nagatoshi, NPB outfielder
• Sadao Nishimura, NPB pitcher
• Masaaki Noguchi, NPB pitcher and infielder
• Mamoru Otsu, NPB pitcher
• Teruyuki Takakura, NPB outfielder
• Yoshimasa Takesue, NPB pitcher
• Tsunemi Tsuda, NPB pitcher
• Hiromi Wada, NPB catcher
• Taisuke Watanabe, NPB pitcher

Educational establishments located here

• Chikushigaoka High School
• Computer Kyoiku Gakuin
• Fukuoka Chuo High School
• Fukuoka Daiichi High School
• Fukuoka High School
• Fukuoka Institute of Technology
• Fukuoka Institute of Technology Jyoto High School
• Fukuoka Technical High School
• Fukuoka University
• Fukuoka University Ohori High School
• Hakata High School
• Hakata Technical High School
• Higashi Fukuoka High School
• Kyushu Sangyo University
• Kyushu Sangyo University Kyushu High School
• Kyushu University
• Oki Gakuen High School
• Seinan Gakuin High School
• Seinan Gakuin University
• Shuyukan High School