Aomori Wat's is a Japanese professional

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Aomori, Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

. The team currently competes in the

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Roster

Notable players

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game at any time. *

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( fr) * Gordon Klaiber *

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* Junki Nozato *

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* Jesse Perry *

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* Yuki Yamaguchi

Coaches

Koju Munakata is the head coach of the Haneda Vickies in the Women's Japan Basketball League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Toyota Alvark , style="text-align:left;", 2008-09 , 35, , 18, , 17, , , , style="text-align:center;", 4 ...

Nobunaga Sato is a former professional basketball head coach for Aomori Wat's in Japan and the former head coach for Noshiro Technical High School in Noshiro, Akita. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Aomori Wat's , style="text-align:l ...

Noriyuki Kitaya is the head coach of the Aomori Wat's in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Aomori Wat's , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , 22, , 9, , 13, , , , style="text-align:center;", 5th in B2 Eastern, , , ...

* Takeshi Hotta *

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* Jumpei Takahara

Arenas

Maeda Arena New Aomori Prefecture General Sports Park ( ja, 新青森県総合運動公園) is a group of sports facilities in Aomori, Aomori, Japan. Kakuhiro Group Athletic Stadium, is an athletic stadium in Aomori, Aomori, Japan. The facilities is the hom ...

Flat Arena The Flat Hachinohe is an arena in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. It is used for ice hockey and figure skating and is the home arena of Tohoku Free Blades of the Asia League Ice Hockey. References External linksOfficial website
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* Misawa International Sports Center * Hachinohe City Higashi Gymnasium * Kakuhiro Group Stadium * Goshogawa Citizens Gymnasium * Spocul-in Kuroishi

References

External links

*
Presentation at Asia-Basket.com
{{Japanese B.League Basketball teams in Japan Sports teams in Aomori (city) Basketball teams established in 2012 2012 establishments in Japan