page_title: Fukuoka Prefecture
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Fukuoka Prefecture / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Fukuoka Dome
context_page_description: Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 and has a geographic area of 4,986 km². Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the south, and Ōita Prefecture to the southeast.
  Fukuoka is the capital and largest city of Fukuoka Prefecture, and the largest city on Kyūshū, with other major cities including Kitakyushu, Kurume, and Ōmuta. Fukuoka Prefecture is located at the northernmost point of Kyūshū on the Kanmon Straits, connecting the Tsushima Strait and Seto Inland Sea across from Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshu, and extends south towards the Ariake Sea.
context_section_description: The sports teams listed below are based in Fukuoka.
  Football (soccer)
  Avispa Fukuoka (Fukuoka City)
  Giravanz Kitakyushu (Kitakyūshū City)
  Fukuoka J. Anclas
  Baseball
  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (Fukuoka City)
  Basketball
  Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka (Fukuoka City)
  Rugby
  Coca-Cola Red Sparks (Fukuoka City)
  Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Munakata)
  Kyuden Voltex
  Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament
  The prefecture has two significant annual athletics events: the Fukuoka International Cross Country and the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship. The marathon has been held in Fukuoka since 1959 and has seen world records broken.
caption: Fukuoka Yahuoku Dome, home of the Softbank Hawks
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