{"id":180315,"date":"2026-10-14T10:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180315&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:36:27","slug":"hawks-set-home-attendance-record-of-2-81-million","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/hawks-set-home-attendance-record-of-2-81-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks set home attendance record of 2.81 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks drew a record 2,811,356 spectators to their 72 home games this season. It was the club\u2019s highest attendance since it began reporting actual spectator counts in 2005. The previous record was approximately 2.72 million across 72 games in 2024. The Hawks ranked first in the Pacific League and third across Japanese professional baseball, behind Hanshin and the Giants. The season also brought the club its third consecutive league championship, a first since its move to Fukuoka. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261009de57030\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sponichi.co.jp\/baseball\/news\/2026\/09\/27\/articles\/20260927s00001173480000c.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sponichi Annex<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_softbank-hawks-game-pink-day_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1206%2C975&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1206\" height=\"975\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_softbank-hawks-game-pink-day_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1206&amp;ssl=1 1206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_softbank-hawks-game-pink-day_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_softbank-hawks-game-pink-day_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C828&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_softbank-hawks-game-pink-day_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C621&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks drew a record 2,811,356 spectators to their 72 home games this season. It was the club\u2019s highest attendance since it began reporting actual spectator counts in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180315","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180315","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}