Utsunomiya Brex is a Japanese professional

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team based in

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, 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

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by the final score of 85–79.

Roster

Notable players

Coaches

* Yoshinori Kaneta * Mitsuhiko Kato * Jason Rabedeaux *

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* Thomas Wisman * Kenji Hasegawa * Ryuzo Anzai *

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* Darius Dimavičius (asst) *

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(asst)

Arenas

* Brex Arena Utsunomiya * TKC Strawberry Arena * Tochigi Prefectural North Gymnasium * Tochigi Prefectural South Gymnasium

Practice facilities

* TKC Strawberry Arena

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