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is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Okinawa City,
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Okinawa
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 Square kilometre, km2 (880 sq mi).
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. They compete in the 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 was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that ...
, the top-tier professional basketball league of Japan
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Honours
Domestic
*bj league
The was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official g ...
champions: 4
**2009, 2012, 2014, 2016
*Conference champions: 6
**2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Continental
*ABA Club Championship
The ABA Club Championship was an Asian basketball tournament for professional clubs, organised by the Asian Basketball Association (ABA) under Dr. Carl Men Ky Ching. The ABA is not to be confused with FIBA Asia which Dr. Ching had also once preside ...
**3rd: 2011
Players
Coaches
* Hernando Planells (2007–08) *Dai Oketani
is the Head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record
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* Koto Toyama
*Tsutomu Isa
, nicknamed Mu-san, is the head coach of the Sun Rockers Shibuya in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record
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*Norio Sassa
is the former Head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the Japanese B.League. He spent his childhood in America for eight years.
Head coaching record
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*Hiroki Fujita
is the head coach of the Sendai 89ers in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record
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Seasons
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 was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that ...
Notable players
*Hilton Armstrong
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*Chris Ayer
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Ayer attended The Potomac School from kindergarten until twelfth grade. A graduate of Stanford University, where he studied philosophy and music, Ayer began playing the guitar and writing songs when he was ...
*Ira Brown
Ira Demon Brown (born August 3, 1982) is a Japanese-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Osaka Evessa of the Japanese B.League. He had also spent three years with the Hirachi/Shibuya Sunrockers, as well as two years ...
*Draelon Burns
Draelon Burns (born October 7, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for Nishinomiya Storks in Japan. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he primarily plays as point guard or shooting guard.
Playing career
Burns joined Úrvalsdeil ...
* Mo Charlo
*Takatoshi Furukawa
Takatoshi Furukawa (born October 20, 1987) is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for Akita Northern Happinets in the B.League.
He was a member of the Japan national basketball team that competed in the 2015 FIBA Asia ...
*Lamont Hamilton
Lamont Alexander "Monty" Hamilton (born April 6, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for Niigata Albirex BB of the Japanese B.League. He is a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall power forward-center.
College career
Hamilton played four years o ...
*Takumi Ishizaki
is a Japanese retired professional basketball player who formerly played for the Riesen Ludwigsburg in the German Basketball Bundesliga and BV Chemnitz 99 of the German ProA.
He has been a member of the Japan national basketball team
T ...
*Anthony Kent
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* George Leach
*Anthony McHenry
Anthony Duane McHenry (born April 16, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Japan's B.League side Shinshu Brave Warriors.
The 6 ft 8 in (201 cm) forward who was born in Birmingham, Alabama and graduate ...
* Jeff Newton
* Evan Ravenel
*Bryan Simpson
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* Dillion Sneed
*Reyshawn Terry
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College career
At the ...
* Kibwe Trim
Kibwe Kambui Khary Trim is a businessman and former professional basketball player from Trinidad and Tobago.
Early life
Trim's mother was a teacher and his father was an engineer. He was a very good student.
Originally a soccer player, Kibwe Tri ...
*Terrance Woodbury
Terrance Woodbury (born June 16, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he played at Granby High School in Norfolk, with his senior season at Coastal C ...
Arenas
*Okinawa Arena
The Okinawa Arena, also provisionally known as the Okinawa City Multi-Purpose Arena, is an indoor arena in Okinawa, Japan. It was opened in 2020 and will be one of the venues of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Background
Plans to build the O ...
*Okinawa City Gymnasium
Okinawa City Gymnasium is an arena in Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan. It is the home arena of the Ryukyu Golden Kings
is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Okinawa City, Okinawa. They compete in the B.League, the top-tier professiona ...
* Ginowan City Gymnasium
See also
* 2014–15 Ryukyu Golden Kings seasonReferences
External links
* Basketball teams in Japan Sports teams in Okinawa Prefecture 2007 establishments in Japan {{Asia-basketball-team-stub