At MIZUHO PayPay Dome FUKUOKA, the home stadium of Fukuoka Softbank, many fun events are held between inning. The content is diverse, ranging from the traditional team song that has been sung for over 30 years and is loved by the locals, to the new "Wan Wan Dance" that will be added to the lineup in 2025 as a dance to liven up the stadium.

This time, we will introduce the events that take place between inning at Fukuoka Softbank 's home games.

The team song "Let's go young hawks" has been popular for 35 years.

Fukuoka Softbank' team song, "Iza Yuke Wakataka Gundan," has existed since the days of the team's predecessor, the Fukuoka Daiei The Hawks, and has been loved by fans for about 35 years since 1989. When the team was sold to the current owner, Softbank, there was a possibility that the team song would disappear, but because it had become a familiar song to the people of Fukuoka Prefecture, where the team is based, on TV and radio, it continues to be sung to this day, with some lyrics changed.

The lyrics of "Let's Go Young Hawks" express the players' strength, passion, and toughness. The melody is nostalgic and brave, like a march, as it was produced in 1989.

When the team song begins to play on the lucky seventh, the stands are filled with fans singing the team song while holding towels with players' names on them, and yellow jet balloons, the team's color. It's a moment when you are overwhelmed by the passion of Fukuoka Softbank fans. When the final lyrics of the team song, "Softbank Hawks," are sung, the jet balloons held by the spectators are released all at once, and the stadium is filled with excitement, as if to give momentum to the attack in the final stages of the game.

2025 will be a good year → Woof Woof Dance!

One of Fukuoka Softbank 's inning events to watch from 2025 is "One One Dance." At the time of the "Izayuke One One Day" event held in August last year, the one-one dance was performed for three days only. In 2025, the one-one dance will become a standard event for inning after the top of the fourth inning and will liven up the ballpark.

At the end of the top of the fourth inning, the performance team of Honeys, wearing dog-eared headbands, began their one-on-one dance performance. Headbands with dog ears are sold as official support goods, and are divided into four breeds: retrievers, Dalmatians, and Shiba Inu (white and black). Both of them have a small Fukuoka Softbank cap in the middle of the headband, so they can only be purchased at the official store.

With a fast tempo, a good rhythm, and simple choreography that expresses the barking and movement of dogs, even first-time visitors to the stadium can participate in the one-one dance immediately. The lyrics are also simple, such as "one-one-one", making it a inning-time event that can be enjoyed by both small children and adults. I want to participate in the dance and cheer on the team in the middle of the game.

Lots of fun! Fukuoka Softbank 's in-between inning event

In addition to the Lucky Seven and One-One Dance, Fukuoka Softbank home games have plenty of inning events to get the whole stadium excited.

After the top of the third inning, there is an event called "Rally Towel Time" where people wave their towels to the music and cheer them on, and everyone in the stadium can enjoy it. Towels that fans wave around to show their support for the team are called "rally towels," but they are also sold as official cheering goods.

After the bottom of the fourth inning, there is a "bazooka time", and from the ground, a bazooka cannon is used to present original goods to the spectators. The contents of the gift goods will be introduced on a large screen, so if the goods you are looking for or want are projected, you will definitely want to appeal and catch a bazooka cannon as a commemorative gift.

Also, after the bottom of the fifth, the stadium goes dark and you can see the "Honeys and Acrobatic Performers" and the acrobatic performances of the team's official mascot "Hawk Family" that can only be seen here. The feature of MIZUHO PayPay Dome FUKUOKA is that you can enjoy entertainment not only in baseball games, but also in such productions.

The team song, which is rooted in the local area of Fukuoka, is played on Lucky Seven, and it is a inning event in Fukuoka Softbank full of local love. Whether you're visiting Fukuoka for the first time or seeing baseball for the first time, you'll enjoy it.

* The contents of the event may vary depending on the day.
* The contents may change in the middle of the season.