is a
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 ...
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 .
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Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...
region of central
Japan
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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 Toyokaw ...
-based machine parts manufacturer. It remained a local team in
Aichi prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture ...
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. It ended the 2007 season in third place.
From 2008, the Higashimikawa Phoenix joined the new
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 ...
, and the following year, “Hamamatsu” was added to the team name to emphasize the compound franchise among Toyohashi,
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 .
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, 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
Sun Mingming (, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese former professional basketball player. He is the tallest professional basketball player in the world and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 2.36m tall and weighing 168kg.
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, in 2008.
In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete in the first division of the new
Japan Professional Basketball League, which will commence from October 2016.
Accordingly it was changed the club name to "SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX", and transferred to the home arena to
Toyohashi.
Honours
*League champions: 3
**2009
**2010
**2015
Current roster
Notable players
:To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one
NBA game at any time.
Coaches
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Kazuo Nakamura
Kazuo Nakamura was a Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor (born Vancouver October 13, 1926; died Toronto April 9, 2002) and a founding member of the Toronto-based Painters Eleven group in the 1950s. Among the first major Japanese Canadian arti ...
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Ryuji Kawai
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Tomoya Higashino
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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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, style="text-align:left;", Gunma Crane Thunders
, style="text-align:left;", 2013-14
, 32, , 10, , 22, , , , style="text-align:center;", 10th in ...
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Brian Rowsom
Brian Rowsom (born October 23, 1965) is an American basketball coach and former player, who was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the second round (34th pick overall) of the 1987 NBA draft.
A 6' 10" power forward from the University of North C ...
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Shuto Kawachi
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Branislav Vićentić
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Atsushi Ōno
Arenas
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Toyohashi City General Gymnasium
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Hamamatsu Arena
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Green Arena
Practice facilities
OSG Gymnasium
External links
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Notes
{{Japanese B.League
Basketball teams established in 1965
Basketball teams in Japan
Sports teams in Shizuoka Prefecture
1965 establishments in Japan