{"id":173466,"date":"2025-10-07T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173466&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:46:24","slug":"ex-pro-baseball-player-killed-in-fukuoka-bike-crash","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ex-pro-baseball-player-killed-in-fukuoka-bike-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pro Baseball Player Killed In Fukuoka Bike Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former professional baseball player Yoshihiro Ito, 43, died after his motorcycle collided with a taxi at an intersection in Fukuoka City\u2019s Jonan Ward on October 6. The taxi driver, a 75-year-old man, sustained injuries. Ito was working as a temporary teacher at a special needs school. Police are investigating the cause of the crash<\/span><b>. Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16183088&amp;ymd=2025-10-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173460\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_motorcycle-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Motor Cycle\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_motorcycle-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_motorcycle-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_motorcycle-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_motorcycle-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandros Giannakakis<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former professional baseball player Yoshihiro Ito, 43, died after his motorcycle collided with a taxi at an intersection in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173466","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-jonan-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}