Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
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The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (福岡ソフトバンクホークス, Fukuoka Sofutobanku Hōkusu) are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team plays in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The SoftBank Corporation bought the team on January 28, 2005.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters were moved to Fukuoka, which had been without Nippon Professional Baseball since the Lions departed in 1979. The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks won the Pacific League championship in 1999, 2000 and 2003 and the Japan Series in 1999 and 2003.
Subject ID: 101610
MoreThe Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (福岡ソフトバンクホークス, Fukuoka Sofutobanku Hōkusu) are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team plays in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The SoftBank Corporation bought the team on January 28, 2005.
The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters were moved to Fukuoka, which had been without Nippon Professional Baseball since the Lions departed in 1979. The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks won the Pacific League championship in 1999, 2000 and 2003 and the Japan Series in 1999 and 2003.
As the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the team won the Japan Series in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Subject ID: 101610
Subject ID: 101610
