Fukuoka
Club Sports League Venue Established
Kyuden Voltex Rugby Top League Level-5 Stadium 1951
Coca-Cola Red Sparks Rugby Top League Sawayaka Sports Park 1966
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Baseball Pacific League Fukuoka Yahuoku ! Dome 1989 ( year of relocation from Ōsaka as Daiei Hawks , changed to current name from 2005 )
Avispa Fukuoka Association football J . League Level-5 Stadium 1995 ( year of relocation from Fujieda , Shizuoka as Fukuoka Blux , changed to current name from 1996 )
Fukuoka J-Anclas Association football Nadeshiko League Level-5 Stadium 1986 ( as Fukuoka Jogakuin High School football club , changed to a senior club team and participated Nadeshiko League Div . 2 from 2006 )
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka Basketball B.League Accion Fukuoka 2007
Sports -- Sports teams and facilities
Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi, Japanese: [ɸɯ̥kɯꜜoka]) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, situated on the northern shore of the Japanese island Kyushu. It is the most populous city on the island, followed by Kitakyushu. It is the largest city and metropolitan area west of Keihanshin. The city was designated on April 1, 1972, by government ordinance. Greater Fukuoka, with a population of 2.5 million people (2005 census), is part of the heavily industrialized Fukuoka-Kitakyushu zone. As of 2015[update], Fukuoka is Japan's sixth largest city, having passed the population of Kobe. In July 2011, Fukuoka surpassed the population of Kyoto. Since the founding of Kyoto in 794, this marks the first time that a city west of the Kinki region has a larger population than Kyoto. In ancient times, however, the area near Fukuoka, the Chikushi region, was thought by some historians to have possibly been even more influential than the Yamato region.