Fukuoka Red Warblers

The nihongo|Fukuoka Red Warblers|福岡レッドワーブラーズ are a semi-professional baseball team in the Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League of Japan. The team was established as part of the expansion of the league. They will compete in the 2008 season.

The team's home is Fukuoka Prefecture. Its name combines the color of the prefecture's symbol flower, the "ume", and the prefectural bird, the Japanese Bush-warbler.

External links

* [http://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/f-bb-tp0-20080121-310056.html Nikkan Sports article (in Japanese)]
* [http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nsp/local/20080128/20080128_001.shtml Nishinippon article]
* [http://www.iblj.co.jp/warblers/company.html IBLJ page (not yet public as of February 5, 2008)]
* [http://iblj.ds-lab.jp/html/pdf/newsrelease071225142101.pdf IBLJ press release]
* [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/fukuoka/news/20080129-OYT8T00671.htm Yomiuri Shimbun article]