Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

Kitakyushu is a city in northern Fukuoka Prefecture, located at the northern tip of Kyushu Island on Shimonoseki Strait which separates it from Japan's main island of Honshu.

Teams that have played here

• Nishitetsu Lions, Pacific League (1950-1955, 1965-1972)

People born here

• Tomohiro Abe, NPB infielder
• Haruyasu Eto, NPB pitcher
• Shinichi Eto, NPB outfielder and manager
• Yasuo Ishii, Japanese national team outfielder
• Takeshi Hidaka, NPB catcher
• Shota Imanaga, pitcher
• Jiro Kanayama, NPB infielder
• Fumiaki Kadota, NPB pitcher
• Hiroshi Katayama, NPB pitcher
• Norifumi Kido, NPB infielder
• Hiromi Matsunaga, NPB infielder
• Reiichi Matsunaga, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Nobushige Morishita, NPB infielder
• Ryoji Moriyama, NPB pitcher
• Kenichi Nakata, NPB pitcher
• Kazuo Ogawa, NPB infielder
• Taiki Ono, NPB pitcher
• Masakazu Seike, NPB infielder
• Mikio Sendo, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshi Shibahara, NPB outfielder
• Naoto Shikita, NPB umpire
• Kazuya Shimokawa, Japanese national team infielder
• Teruyuki Takakura, NPB outfielder
• Motoji Takuwa, NPB pitcher
• Yoshio Tenbo, NPB pitcher
• Hiroki Watanabe, NPB pitcher
• Kazunori Yamamoto, NPB outfielder
• Takeshi Yasuda, NPB pitcher
• Tsuyoshi Yoda, NPB pitcher and manager

People died here

• Koji Yamamoto, NPB infielder and manager

Educational Establishments

• Hokuchiku High School
• Houkoku Gakuen High School
• Kita Kyushu High School
• Kokura High School
• Kokura Higashi High School
• Kokura Kogyo High School
• Kokura Shogyo High School
• Kyushu International University
• Kyushu International University High School
• Kyushu Kyoritsu University
• Moji Higashi High School
• Orio Aishin High School
• Shinsoukan High School
• Tobata Commercial High School
• Tokiwa High School
• University of Kitakyushu
• Wakamatsu High School
• Yahata High School
• Yahata Technical High School