is a B.League professional basketball team, based in the eastern Mikawa and

Hamamatsu is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was . Overview ...

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region of central

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. The team was founded in 1965 as the company team of the OSG Corporation, a

Toyokawa is a city in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 183,930 in 72,949 households, and a population density of 1,141 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Toyokawa, famous for its Toyoka ...

-based machine parts manufacturer. It remained a local team in

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until 1995, when it first participated in the All-Japan Professional Basketball Championships. It joined the Japan Basketball League (JBL) in 1999, winning the Second Division championship in 2000. “Higashimikawa” was added to the team name in 2007, when its home stadium was moved to

Toyohashi is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-la ...

. It ended the 2007 season in third place. From 2008, the Higashimikawa Phoenix joined the new bj league, and the following year, “Hamamatsu” was added to the team name to emphasize the compound franchise among Toyohashi,

, and the surrounding districts and the team was legally registered as an independent corporation under the name of “Phoenix Communications”. The team signed the noted Chinese basketball star, Sun Mingming, in 2008. In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete in the first division of the new

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, which will commence from October 2016. Accordingly it was changed the club name to "SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX", and transferred to the home arena to

Honours

*League champions: 3 **2009 **2010 **2015

Current roster

Notable players

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game at any time.

Coaches

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* Ryuji Kawai * Tomoya Higashino *

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* Shuto Kawachi *

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Atsushi Ōno is the Head coach of the San-en NeoPhoenix in the Japanese B.League. Career statistics , - , align="left" , 2007-11 , align="left" , Panasonic , 104 , , , , 16.7, , .371 , , .350 , , .692 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , ...

Arenas

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Hamamatsu Arena is a　multipurpose indoor sporting arena located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is a 15-minute walk from Tenryūgawa Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway, or a 10-minute drive from the Hamamatsu Interchange on the Tōmei Expressway. ...

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Practice facilities

OSG Gymnasium

External links

Notes

{{Japanese B.League Basketball teams established in 1965 Basketball teams in Japan Sports teams in Shizuoka Prefecture 1965 establishments in Japan