Fukuoka Red Warblers
Encyclopedia
The are a semi-professional baseball
team in the Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League
of Japan
. The team was established as part of the expansion of the league. They started league play during the season.
The team's home is Fukuoka Prefecture
. Its name combines the color of the prefecture's symbol flower, the ume
, and the prefectural bird, the Japanese Bush-warbler.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team in the Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League
Shikoku-Kyushu Island League
The is a baseball league on the islands of Shikoku in Japan. Neither the Central nor the Pacific League has a team based in Shikoku.IBLJ Inc. operates the league...
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The team was established as part of the expansion of the league. They started league play during the season.
The team's home is Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen....
. Its name combines the color of the prefecture's symbol flower, the ume
Ume
Prunus mume, with the common names including Chinese plum and Japanese apricot, is an Asian tree species classified in the Armeniaca section of the genus Prunus. The flower, long a beloved subject in the traditional painting of East Asia, is usually translated as plum blossom. This distinct tree...
, and the prefectural bird, the Japanese Bush-warbler.