Frep the Fox

Frep the Fox (フレップ・ザ・フォックス) is one of the four current mascots for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters baseball team. He was introduced on March 21, 2016, but has first appeared no earlier than the 4th of February. When he first joined in 2016, he was concidered an "apprentice". 2 years later, in 2018, he graduated from his apprentice status and officialy replaced B.B as the main mascot, however he still appears regularly at games. His jersey number is 179, referencing the number of municipalities of Hokkaido. He did not have a number from 2016 to 2017.

Profile

 * Name: Frep the Fox (Nickname: Frep)
 * Species: Fox
 * Gender: Male
 * Origin: In the mountain ranges of Hokkaido.
 * Hobbies: Traveling and photography
 * Personality: Mischievous, curious, and a real attention getter
 * Strengths: The place that is straight if I take it
 * Weaknesses: Having a poor endgame, scatterbrain. Has a poor final smash
 * Charm Point: The seven-pointed star marks on his head, and his tail
 * Specialties: Mischief, hole digging, a sharp sense of smell
 * Likes: Hokkaido, snow, potatoes, and corn
 * Dislikes: Baseball for some reason?
 * Dreams: To become a full-fledged mascot!

Apperance
Frep is an Ezo red fox, an animal native to northern Japan, where Hokkaido is, that is beige and has 7 pointed star marks on his head, with a red tuft of fur also on top of his head. He wears a baseball jersey, but from his introduction in 2016 to 2018, he primarily wore a black baseball jersey. He also wears a bandanna on his neck. If he would not be wearing his baseball attire, he would be wearing an orange jacket and a blue cap. To coincide the new jersey rebrand of the Fighters, Frep's bandanna was changed from red and beige to blue and gold of the new Fighters jerseys by manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo. Frep also has blue and gold shoes with the star logo of the Fighters, which he said in his Instagram that "he designed them himself". Formerly, he wore black and white shoes from Mizuno.

Backstory
According to the Fighters' website on a news article announcing his unveiling (and a video released on the Fighters' Youtube channel), Frep was born in the hill ranges of Hokkaido. He was known for being mischievous. When he grew up, he went on a solo trip in Hokkaido. His trip ended him up in Sapporo. He began exploring the sights of the big city, then saw the Sapporo Dome (the Fighters' home stadium) and was immediately impressed, and he dreamed of playing an active role there. He then took up some odd jobs, including working at a Lawson, but seeing that the Fighters were bascially everywhere, this made him want to join the team even more. So, one day, he confronted Brisky at a Fighters practice facility. He told him, "I want to be a mascot!". But there was only one problem. Frep was a complete amateur at baseball. Brisky then told him that it was not easy being a mascot. Frep, however, did not easily give up. One day, he confronted Brisky and begged him to join the team. He agreed, and Frep became an apprentice.