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team, playing in the Western Conference of the

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. They are based in

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. In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete in the second division of the new

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, which will commence from October 2016.

Roster

Notable players

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Head coaches

Motofumi Aoki is the former head coach of the Takamatsu Five Arrows in the Japanese Bj League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Takamatsu Five Arrows , style="text-align:left;", 2006-07 , 40, , 25, , 15, , , , style="text-align:cent ...

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Atsushi Kanazawa is the former head coach of the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Takamatsu Five Arrows , style="text-align:left;", 2010-11 , 48, , 10, , 38, , , , style="text-align:cent ...

Kenzo Maeda is a current professional basketball head coach for Akita Northern Happinets in Japan and the former bench boss for the Takamatsu Five Arrows of the bj league. He also served as a support coach/translator for the Japan national basketball team. ...

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Kohei Eto is the Head coach of the Kagawa Five Arrows in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Toyama Grouses , style="text-align:left;", 2010-11 , 26, , 8, , 18, , , , Fired , , , -, , -, , -, , , style="te ...

* Paul Henare

Honors

* bj league ** Runners-up (1) : 2006/2007

Problems

*Okayama Prefecture General Cooperation Agency has sued the Arrows for not paying gymnasium fees in 2016. The club was ¥120 million in debt as of April 17, 2015.

Season-by-season records

Key: * Win%: ''

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Arenas

Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Takamatsu City General Gymnasium is an arena in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. It is the home arena of the Kagawa Five Arrows of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. References External linksTakamatsu Gymnasium
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* Takamatsu City Kagawa General Gymnasium * Kanonji City General Gymnasium * Toramaru Tebukuro Gymnasium * Zentsuji Citizens Gymnasium * Tonosho Town General Hall

Practice facilities

* Takamatsu City Mure General Gymnasium
map

References

Takamatsu Five Arrows
at Asia-basket.com
Official team web site
Basketball teams in Japan Sports teams in Kagawa Prefecture 2006 establishments in Japan Basketball teams established in 2006 {{Asia-basketball-team-stub