Utsunomiya Brex is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. After winning the JBL 2 in 2008, the team played in the National Basketball League. In July 2015 it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League (B.League), which started in October 2016. The team became the first champions of the B.League on 27 May 2017, defeating the

Toshiba Kawasaki Brave Thunders The Kawasaki Brave Thunders are a Japanese professional basketball team located in Kanagawa, Japan. The team currently competes in the B.League. The team was the 2016 Champion of the now dissolved Japanese National Basketball League.

Roster

Notable players

Coaches

Yoshinori Kaneta is the assistant coach of the Chiba Jets Funabashi in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Otsuka Corporation Alphas , style="text-align:left;", 2006-07 , -, , -, , -, , , , style="text-align:cente ...

Mitsuhiko Kato , nicknamed Semi, is a current college basketball head coach for Bunri University of Hospitality in Japan and the former head coach for Noshiro Technical High School and Link Tochigi Brex . Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left ...

Jason Rabedeaux Jason Rabedeaux (April 4, 1965 – September 22, 2014) was an American college basketball coach who served as the head coach of the UTEP Miners from 1999 to 2002. Rabedeaux was also a top assistant at Washington State and Oklahoma prior to be ...

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Antanas Sireika Antanas Sireika (born May 11, 1956
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Thomas Wisman Thomas Wisman is an Australian-American basketball coach and a former player. He was head coach of the national teams of England, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and Qatar. He won the 1995 NBL Coach of the Year Award while coaching Newcastle Falcons ...

Kenji Hasegawa is a Japanese basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Japan national basketball team from 2014 until his resignation in late 2016. Hasegawa coached the Japanese Universiade team at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand and the ...

Ryuzo Anzai is the Head coach of the Utsunomiya Brex in the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Takushoku University. He was selected by the Saitama Broncos with the second overall pick in the 2005 bj League draft. Career statistics , ...

Norio Sassa is the former Head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the Japanese B.League The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and ...

Darius Dimavičius Darius Dimavičius (born April 8, 1968) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a c ...

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Michael Katsuhisa is a former professional basketball player and the head coach of the Shinshu Brave Warriors in the Japanese B.League. Early life Katsuhisa was born in Tokyo to a Japanese father and American mother. He attended Nishimachi International School ...

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Arenas

Brex Arena Utsunomiya Brex Arena Utsunomiya is an arena in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. It is the home arena of the Link Tochigi Brex of the B.League The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated b ...

TKC Strawberry Arena TKC Strawberry Arena is an arena in Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan. It is the practice facilities of the Link Tochigi Brex Utsunomiya Brex is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. After winning the JBL 2 in 2008 ...

Tochigi Prefectural North Gymnasium Tochigi Prefectural North Gymnasium is an arena in Ōtawara, Tochigi, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the ...

Tochigi Prefectural South Gymnasium Tochigi Prefectural South Gymnasium is an arena in Oyama, Tochigi, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the wes ...

Practice facilities

References

External links

Team Profile
{{Japanese B.League Basketball teams in Japan Basketball teams established in 2006 Sports teams in Tochigi Prefecture 2006 establishments in Japan