also have 2 VTuber avatar mascots, named Takamine Umi and Aritaka Hina. Unveiled on November 9th, 2020, they have their own YouTube channel as well as their own Twitter profiles. They also make appearances on the PayPay Dome's video board. Temporarily in 2020, the Hawks had 10 Spot robots from Boston Dynamics (at the time SoftBank owned Boston Dynamics) and 10 Pepper robots from SoftBank Robotics to replace the fans during a game against the Eagles due to COVID-19 restrictions in NPB games. They were still used when 5,000 fans were allowed in NPB games as fans were still not allowed to sing or use their voices to make noises, only through clapping or cheering batons. The Hawks are the only other team, aside from the Fighters, to have a mascot primarily for their second team, and are the only team with one in the Western League (the Fighters' ni-gun team plays out of the Eastern League), in a chick named Hinamaru. He wears the team's cap, and has an eggshell that looks like a baseball. The Hawks also have a mascot named Fu-san, who is based on a jet balloon that fans launch during the Lucky 7, prior to when the Hawks are up to bat in the 7th inning. MLB players Retired: Masanori Murakami (1964–1965) Tadahito Iguchi (2005–2008) Kenji Johjima (2006–2009) Munenori Kawasaki (2012–2016) Tsuyoshi Wada (2014-2015) Active: Kodai Senga (2023-present) Note: The Hawks are the only team in NPB to have never posted a player under the current posting system implemented in . Notes External links Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks official web site Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – NPB official web site Baseball teams established in 1938 Nippon Professional Baseball teams SoftBank Group Sports teams in Fukuoka, Fukuoka 1938 establishments in Japan