is a Japanese professional basketball team based in

Okinawa City is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city. It is located in the central part of the island of Okinawa, about north of Naha. As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 138,431 a ...

Okinawa is a 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 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city ...

. They compete in the B.League, the top-tier professional basketball league of Japan.

Honours

Domestic

* bj league champions: 4 **2009, 2012, 2014, 2016 *Conference champions: 6 **2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

Continental

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**3rd: 2011

Players

Coaches

* Hernando Planells (2007–08) * Dai Oketani *

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* Norio Sassa * Hiroki Fujita

Seasons

B.League

Notable players

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* Ira Brown * Draelon Burns *

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* Takatoshi Furukawa *

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( it) * George Leach *

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* Jeff Newton * Evan Ravenel * Bryan Simpson * Dillion Sneed *

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* Kibwe Trim * Terrance Woodbury

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 ...

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* Ginowan City Gymnasium

References

External links

* Basketball teams in Japan Sports teams in Okinawa Prefecture 2007 establishments in Japan {{Asia-basketball-team-stub